▲ 201 ▼ [Discussion] What are your opinions on this Not Just Bikes comments on "fixing" North America? (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by aidnic@lemmygrad.ml to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 59 points 3 years ago (3 children) He's probably not wrong. Makes sense to push for improvement regardless. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ewe@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Yeah, best we can do is try. Make incremental progress. It has gotten better, at least in my small slide of the world. It still sucks for a lot pf the areas around me, but it's not as bad as it could be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] user_AW11@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Dutch here: US should "fix" itself. It is all about your "zoning laws" (change them first) Weakest traffic participants in traffic (pedestrians and bicycle riders) are protected by law We had 2 "situations in the 70ties that helped" OPEC oil crisis => (car-free Sunday) "Stop de kindermoord action" => Stop killing of children (at least a few 100/year were killed) We didn't change overnight, but the first things were done mid 80ties. My 2cts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago This is my take as well. Jason's got a bitter pill for me to swallow here, but he's right. I will not live to see an unfucked America. There's too many people attached to (and making money off) the status quo. But my kids just might if we work hard and consistently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ewe@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Yeah, best we can do is try. Make incremental progress. It has gotten better, at least in my small slide of the world. It still sucks for a lot pf the areas around me, but it's not as bad as it could be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user_AW11@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Dutch here: US should "fix" itself. It is all about your "zoning laws" (change them first) Weakest traffic participants in traffic (pedestrians and bicycle riders) are protected by law We had 2 "situations in the 70ties that helped" OPEC oil crisis => (car-free Sunday) "Stop de kindermoord action" => Stop killing of children (at least a few 100/year were killed) We didn't change overnight, but the first things were done mid 80ties. My 2cts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago This is my take as well. Jason's got a bitter pill for me to swallow here, but he's right. I will not live to see an unfucked America. There's too many people attached to (and making money off) the status quo. But my kids just might if we work hard and consistently. permalink fedilink source parent
