Car-free day, Brussels, 2025.
Cars ruin cities.
People are awesome.
90% of those we passed smiled or cheered. Nearly all kids bobbed instantly, with happy dancing parents following suit. Wild idea, but I think not being continuously flanked at near-death distance might have something to do with it.
Care-free days like these emphasize how nonsensical day-to-day life is in capitalism, a system that has pitted every one of us against each other.
Seeing so many children out on their bikes when the steel killing machines are banned for a day is so nice. The lack of noise is fantastic too.
Cities are not noisy. Cars are.
Finally got to visit Ayala and #MakeItMakati's #CarFreeSunday.
Ayala avenue itself is not #CarFree, and the only stretch of road that was closed to motorized vehicles is the segment of Paseo de Roxas, between Ayala and Makati Avenues. Glad to see they kept the #bikelane|s, thanks to dedicated folks who pushed against a plan to remove them.
Most of the bikelane surfaces look worse than before, with many unpatched or unevenly patched roadwork. 😑
@bryan @Bman Not only is that a mischaracterisation of what 'the #bancars people' actually believe, it's also incredibly short-sighted.
The planet doesn't have time to wait for us to get to step 132.000. We can do a few steps, and then pull the plug on the whole thing, even if the status quo isn't _perfect_ for car-free living.
I live in #Brussels. I can cycle across the city (border-to-border) within 1 hour. I could walk across the city if I wanted to. The internal public transport is serviceable, and the connection to outside towns and cities is excellent. Barring public outcry, the city could ban cars NOW, even though a lot of the city is an asphalt hellscape.
We even have a yearly #CarFreeSunday, which mostly goes without a hitch.
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