How to Quit Cars

Re:How to Quit Cars by refurb on Friday May 19, 2023 @03:40AM (#35998911)

Why on earth would you compare Austin, which barely reaches city status with 900,000 people, nothing around it except farmland with European cities?

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Re:How to Quit Cars by Rapzid on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:07AM (#35999117)

There are 2.4m people in the Austin metro area.

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Re:How to Quit Cars by refurb on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:29AM (#35999286)

Ok, and what European city (greater metro area mind you) would you think is a good comparison?

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Re:How to Quit Cars by demmuborger on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:57AM (#35999440)

Helsinki? Population 1,559,558.

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Re:How to Quit Cars by usea on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:01AM (#35999459)

Comparisons can be made between dissimilar things. The entire point of the comparison is that the cities are different.

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Re:How to Quit Cars by achikin on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:53AM (#35999416)

Amsterdam is comparable population wise.

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Re:How to Quit Cars by scott_w on Friday May 19, 2023 @07:23AM (#36000341)

I compare Austin because I've been to Austin, so I saw it for my own eyes. I've been to a range of European cities (especially the UK where I live) and all of them were more walkable than Austin. I'm not the only person to observe this. There's a number of Youtube channels (Not Just Bikes for one) that talk about this in great depth.

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