the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1493arrow-down1external-linkYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comthe_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejmcslinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoIf you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoVery unlikely to happen in this area
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWhich is why you have to plan ahead.
minus-squaresocsa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·11 months agoJust fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
minus-squarejmcslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 months agoThose can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoA car is not a wheelchair. What about a proper social net that provide the help people need. Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
minus-squareMaxHardwood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·11 months agoHow does that help rural people?
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months agoThey can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.
If you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
Very unlikely to happen in this area
Which is why you have to plan ahead.
Just fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
Those can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
A car is not a wheelchair.
What about a proper social net that provide the help people need.
Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
How does that help rural people?
They can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.