Mastodawn

I appreciate this, but I don't think a lack of policy ideas is really the problem. We know how to push back against car-centric development. It's just that most Americans have been marinating in pro-car propaganda their entire lives & cars have made them selfish & sociopathic.

Our cities are choked by cars ...

Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them

Turning parking bays into green spaces and prioritising cyclists may be the fastest routes to improving urban life

The Guardian

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JEDI10 16h ago

@volts.wtf Or it is very hard to live your life without it, things have been designed so the only way to get there is by cars.

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lemgandi 7h ago

@volts.wtf

My local subway system has had a fare card changeover scheduled for this spring for at least a year. The result? Old farecards and gates stopped working in late March, no fares were collected at all through all of April, and as of the first week of May the new system was still not working and all fare gates were open. Subway fares pay about 20% of the operating budget.

I loves my subway but fear for its future.