• br3d@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I can’t remember who said it, but somebody once framed this as “You can make a place easy to drive around or you can make it worth visiting, but you can’t do both”

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    1 month ago

    I live in Vancouver and the difference between transit oriented and car oriented communities is huge. One feels like an actual city and the other feels desolate even if it’s in the middle of the city.

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    I agree in the abstract, but I think you need to meet people where they are. And most working poor in the US rely on cars. I like NJB, and haven’t seen ghoulish behavior from him. But most “urbanists” love making cars even more expensive for the poors, without really considering the consequences

    Bike lanes: 👍👍

    Public transit: 👍👍👍👍

    Aggressive ticketing, increasing parking rates, no on street overnight parking, car taxes, etc: 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎