Waging war on cars is waging war on the economy. The economy is our life support system.
Aggressively pushing bikes as the only future of transport is kind of ableist. Fine for healthy young people, in flat areas, on dry days. But not for the elderly, disabled, or unfit.
And public transport options need to be safe and comfortable. That doesn't fit with currently-trendy soft on crime policies.
> Aggressively pushing bikes as the only future of transport
Nobody is doing that.
> But not for the elderly, disabled, or unfit
Fortunately, when the roads are far quieter because more people are biking or on public transport, it becomes much easier for the people who need to drive, to drive! Everyone wins!
> And public transport options need to be safe and comfortable. That doesn't fit with currently-trendy soft on crime policies.
I live in the UK and our public transport is by-and-large safe and comfy (although I'd like more of it). And given our prisons are overcrowded, I don't think "soft on crime" policies dominate.
Evolution's an actual thing, you know, both for living forms and for technology.
The circulation of resources, goods, and energy is our life support - the economic assumption that growth is unlimited and GDP is a good metric is just a fad of the last century or two.
Nobody's trying to ban cars. The elderly, disabled or unfit would actually find it easier to drive with less traffic and bikes having better separation from the road.
Aggressively pushing bikes as the only future of transport is kind of ableist. Fine for healthy young people, in flat areas, on dry days. But not for the elderly, disabled, or unfit.
And public transport options need to be safe and comfortable. That doesn't fit with currently-trendy soft on crime policies.