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Texas asks people to avoid using their cars
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Unfortunately there are only a few cities where this is a reasonable ask in the United States, and none I know of are in Texas. Most are in colder parts of the country.
The Texas state government's path forward here is to do what they can to pedestrianize and densify their cities, but that's a long term project.
I know you probably didn't mean it as them actually doing it, but good lord, that statement made me laugh. The governments in texas are so focused on bullshit that increases the problem. A friend just sent me an article his city put out with the headline "YY city is XX% developed, with plans to finish it out by year 20ZZ!" Their "finish it out" means removing 95% of the remaining greenspace and paving it with concrete businesses that have just enough plants to be aesthetically pleasing when the landscaper crew cuts it.
Shit, texas is literally trying to make "one more lane!" a constant thing. When I had to drive through any of their big cities, it's just a massive construction sprawl, because as soon as they finish one section's extra lane, they start on the next section.
Seriously. I had to drive through Texas a few months ago, and not only was I shocked at how you can have 6 lanes in both directions STILL being in bumper-to-bumper traffic with constant 'construction zones' that were adding another lane into the shoulder.
I wasn't sure if the construction was to actually help, or just so they could charge double fines for speeding ALL the time.