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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 14, 2023

While true, this commonplace #Green thinking ignores the needs of the many handicapped or frail elderly people or stressed-out parents with several younger kids who already feel guilty about spending too little time with their family.
Using public transport in off-peak times often doubles or triples travelling times + involves quite some walking.
Furthermore, in rural areas, #PublicTransport is mostly too rare and often too expensive due to low population density.

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Badtux the Snarky Penguin

@HistoPol @JessTheUnstill @[email protected] Handicapped people can use buses far more easily than they can use cars. Buses squat to curb level to allow wheelchairs to board, cars do not. Wheelchairs can roll into buses far more easily than they can roll into cars, even vans with lifts. And for visually impaired people who cannot drive, buses are a fundamental lifeline along with taxis. Cars are oppressive to the handicapped.