It's just really not a long journey from:
"I can't drive my car through there but people on bikes can."
to "I could ride my bike through there."
Doesn't matter so much what we call it once we've done it.
"even calling it 'the cycling community' kind of makes me cringe a bit...
it is really a debate between evidence and deliberate misinformation... You can call them 'cyclists' ... create a divisive kind of feeling... seen as less than human... political and psychological strategy... deliberate political lies." #BikeLanes #transportation #BikeTooter #GeometryHatesCars
"the only way to solve traffic is through public transit alternatives, not freeway widening"
alt text: the Oregon Transportation Commission shuts their eyes and looks away https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/OTC_members.aspx #InducedDemand #ClimateDenial #GeometryHatesCars
"I'm listening to a talk at YIMBYtown on cities that have completely scrapped their minimum car #parking requirements
this is the future" #GeometryHatesCars #TheWarOnCars #HousingCrisis
This video constantly has people on bikes going by in the background because they made a NETWORK of low-stress connected bike lanes, with space and existing pavement that was not efficiently used by cars. It goes where you want to go without having to elbow your way into car traffic... for short trips, why wouldn't you bike? #ClimateAction #CarsRuinCities #BikewayNetwork #BanCars #CarsStink #GeometryHatesCars #TacticalUrbanism #PublicSpace #Bollards #FuckCars #JFDI
@coregaze @kca @tess ENOUGH people can ride bikes that 90% of us don't need to be driving cars for short trips.
Not everyone can drive a car.
But even if they could, mandating cars as the ONLY transportation option cannot work because #GeometryHatesCars. There are bikes for people with special needs, extra cargo, passengers, #eBikes, #AdaptiveBikes, #CargoBikes that could replace over half of car trips if SOME minuscule fraction of cars (& mostly just the bad drivers) would get out of the way
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