We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship

Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by Qwertious on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:10PM (#27933842)

Check out Amsterdam. You don't need to ban cars, you just need to make bikes a preferable alternative. And as has been mentioned all over this thread, check out the YouTube channel called Not Just Bikes, for a ton of good videos on the subject.

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Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by rhino369 on Friday July 23, 2021 @04:39PM (#27935358)

Amsterdam is my point. If it were founded in 1906 instead of 1306 it would look more Los Angles.

It's very hard take an area developed around a car (everywhere in America since 1920s) and make it bike preferable.

You basically need for the area to be so run down that you can start from scratch. Like a taking a formerly industrial area and then only zoning it for mixed use, high density residential/commercial use.

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Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by throwaway210222 on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:18PM (#27933940)

> You don't need to ban cars, you just need to make bikes a preferable alternative.

You also need flat ground. Soccer-moms do not do hills.

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