[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@pathief @ProdigalFrog it's just physically not possible to build enough parking for everyone to always have a park. You have trouble finding a park because that's just the physical reality. Adding more parking (like adding more lanes) doesn't increase availability because of induced demand and the inherent inefficiency of cars.

Reducing parking won't reduce the parking available to you. Just as reducing the number of car lanes won't reduce your ability to drive places.

[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@DLSchichtl @Iron_Lynx of course there are things that can't be delivered in bicycles and of course this only make sense with enough density.
But density is a goal of urbanism.

The places in the world that currently have success doing bicycle deliveries right now allow night time or off peak van/truck deliveries.
Most deliveries are small packages, especially the deliveries that are time sensitive and so are ideal for cargo bike delivery.
The 2-3 photocopier deliveries a week are done with a van at night.

[-] jessta@aus.social 0 points 2 years ago

@nicklockwood @TDCN @Showroom7561 no, it's just politically impossible to mandate speed limiters. Governments tried 50yrs ago and haven't tried again since. Car manufacturers want people to know they can speed. It's all over their marketing.

[-] jessta@aus.social 0 points 2 years ago

@nicklockwood @TDCN @Showroom7561 you're right. Mandatory speed limiters are a much better option. They're cheap, easy and avoid having to fine people.

[-] jessta@aus.social 0 points 2 years ago

@TDCN @acs 5 out of 5 pedestrians will survive a collision with a car traveling at 20km/hr, only 4 out of 5 will survive a collision with a car traveling at 40km/h.
This doesn't include the large difference in level of injury.

So by speeding your taking a situation where nobody should die and making it a situation where someone might.

A 20km/h area is an area where there will be lots of people to hit so it's even more important to stick to the speed limit in that situation

[-] jessta@aus.social 0 points 2 years ago

@CorruptBuddha I'd say "reckless indifference to human life"

[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@NuPNuA @SoGrumpy you're underestimating the noise of your tyres at higher speeds, which for a truck with a lot of tyres is considerable.

[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@GBU_28 @TDCN In Australia we have a law that lets the police make you watch while they crush your car.

[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@zoe @ramenbellic Level 1 charging is exactly that. Just a regular plug in to a regular socket. Level 1 charging overnight will fully charge many EVs (enough charge for a week of commuting). The average car sits idle for almost the entire day so slow charging is all most people need.

[-] jessta@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@cobra89 @BandoCalrissian when you build infrastructure so only the bravest and most reckless people will cycle then you're more likely to see a higher amount of reckless behaviour.

A parent with 2 kids in the front of their cargo bike isn't running through red lights.

[-] jessta@aus.social 2 points 2 years ago

@Salty @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars nah, we want them to be sued in to bankruptcy.

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