CiaraJul 3
Ursula von der Leyen, Mette Frederiksen and all the Danish & EU bigwigs are in Aarhus today for the EU presidency handover ceremony & mid-city street party. The media keeps interviewing irate car drivers about closed roads. I wish they'd ask me and everyone else who walks & cycles around. The roads aren't closed. Only to cars. The rest of us are getting around more easily and quickly. No red lights making 20 people stop so 1 car can pass. Sauntering on roads. Moving in direct human desire lines.
Show threadUkeleleEric
@CiaraNi Yeah, roads are generally not closed, just closed to motor traffic. But most politicians, officials and journalists are car-drivers.
Jul 3 at 12:29pmWeb
Show threadCiaraJul 3
@UkeleleEric I would think a fair few politicians, officials and journalists here (Denmark) ride bikes and walk and use public transport as well as driving. But the kneejerk reaction is diehard: 'road closed to private cars' gets conveyed as 'road closed'.