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2008 v. 2023: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
Andres@qag It's funny because if you showed most people pictures of front lawns (or back yards) with with cars up on blocks, they'd be like "omg eyesore" but if you show them a typical american street with cars parallel-parked on it, they'd be like "oh that's normal"
@Andres4NY Cars ruin everything. Most notably our brains.
EvilGinger- Queen of Naps@qag @Andres4NY
As a disabled person who sometimes needs to use a wheelchair to get around- no car means I can't get anywhere with steep hills, or miles from my home. I can't ride a bike, or walk long distances with my cane on good days- I need a car to get to the store or the doctor's office or to a concert or gathering.
I do agree that there are far too many cars and trucks and even motorcycles on many of our roads. But some of us do *need* them to be able to get to necessary services and resources. My doc isn't going to send someone to push me 10 miles to her office and then home again. But good sidewalks and bicycle/wheelchair/scooter spaces are needed, and fewer cars and trucks on the roads overall.
SomeAnoTooter@EvilGinger013 @qag @Andres4NY are you sure you need a car for that? You yourself talked about using a wheelchair. That's not a car. Yes you need a vehicle, but it doesn't need a big wide street that is for fast moving SUVs, especially in towns. No majority wants a future without cars (maybe only in a utopia where trains and buses travel everywhere), but we can all be satisfied without big streets for big cars in our towns. There certainly are already vehicles that can get along in bikelanes.
@SomeAnoTooter @qag @Andres4NY Did you read what I wrote at all?
Yes- I need a car to get to places miles away from my home, whether I am in my wheelchair or using my cane. I do not have a motorized wheelchair- those things are expensive as all get out- expensive to buy, expensive to repair. I can't push myself 10 miles down a highway to get to my doctors' suburban or city offices. I can't park 2 miles away and push myself or walk up steep hills to get there either.
But I also said "But good sidewalks and bicycle/wheelchair/scooter spaces are needed, and fewer cars and trucks on the roads overall.". If the spaces I need to get to have good sidewalks and bike/wheelchair paths on relatively level ground- I am all for it and will use them. But if these common areas become crowded with market stalls, tables and chairs, and crowded people- my wheelchair and lack of ability to move quickly and agilely means- I do not get to share them at all. Pretty places for you, but if I have mobility issues- I stay home?
LisPi@EvilGinger013 @SomeAnoTooter @qag @Andres4NY > I need a car to get to places miles away from my home,
That's a lot more the actual problem.
Your country is using that idiotic #CarCentric development.
Turns out it's also a lot easier to build nicer accommodations for all if everything isn't ridiculously stretched out for no good reason.