I’ll add that while most others I saw on bikes had no problem being in the street outside of downtown, in downtown suddenly they were all on the sidewalks instead which is actually illegal unless you are a minor or an adult with a minor.

Definitely need to open a local conversation about this…

#bicycle #TheWarOnCars

… In the end, please have conversations about these things with others, especially those who are directly affected by these problems but don’t see them as problems, which is often all if not most people.

#TheWarOnCars #strongtowns

Note: all of the above was written late at night before going to bed so parts could’ve been written better, but I digress.

Have conversations with people, get them to think about this stuff, challenge their beliefs!

… about government involvement in things like how in his opinion everything should be privatized; I don’t agree but I totally understand where that comes from. I tried countering this about roads but they felt that was the one exception. I think I got through to him though when I mentioned all the lobbying and subsidizing got us to where we are with all our road infrastructure and how the manufacturers actively worked against rail and transit to artificially incentivize car popularity.

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… how trains are limiting in freedom (again not making sense considering we’re waiting to take a bus). But I digressed, my focus was to just try to get someone to think about these issues. This was eventually followed by an incredibly noisy bus ride thanks to rough roads.

Following up was when I was very kindly given a ride by a coworker to my destination wherein the topic of the construction and how difficult it’s become to use the bus service I just got off of. This led to a conversation…