cross-posted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/115138740752337653
Comic translation:
Mother says: Levin, your snack!
Below: When SUVs go out of fashion
Cool thoughts from OP (@rivoluzioneurbanamobilita@poliversity.it) on the original post too, so I'll translate them as well below:
Schools are reopening, ready for daily chaos at the entrance?
Why do so few children go to school on their own? Because the streets are not safe, there are too many cars. And they are all double-parked in front of schools. Huge SUVs with poor visibility move awkwardly while children pass by everywhere. It's a paradoxical and dangerous situation.
Yet giving children independence has many advantages, both for parents and children. I recommend reading this article (thanks to @mrjive for pointing it out). Italy is one of the countries where children have the least independence. On the other hand, if cars can go anywhere, the space for vulnerable users shrinks.
So we need to change the paradigm: schoolStreets, 30kmcities, spaces for people, not cars. A city of people, where anyone can move around without needing heavy metal armor to stay safe.
I'm yet to see a majority support from businesses when pedestrianization efforts begin(18% in this case), but they always do a 180 when they see sales growth
They miss the sense of community because we no longer have 3rd places to hang out. For those unaware:
The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VvdQ381K5xg
https://youtu.be/VvdQ381K5xg
If you don’t like driving, then don’t. Take a bus, a train, or bike
That's exactly the problem: I can't, my city has shitty bus routes with 1 hour frequency, trains are non existent, bike infrastructure only on dreams. That's the freedom we want, but with car centric infrastructure, we don't have the freedom to choose how to move and function on this society
They will most likely ban parades instead of addressing the root cause
Besides Witcher and Hotline Miami, what do you guys recommend from those ancient times?
Come and work with public goods too. Retroactive and deep funding are a thing too
Does anyone know if any other cities are looking into implementing it too after seen NY's success?
Why not? I'm not well versed in the theme. Would it be flammable?
edit: just saw another post mentioning this: lack of gravity, enter floating in the electronic, causing short circuits as main risk.
Way to go, keep it up!
Took me a while to find the stats tab, I didnt know it was available lol
Work from home, drink as much as I like
This little cunt of mine tended to inflame every other month instead of teething already. I decided to remove it, and I ended up spending almost 2 hours in surgery because it had fused into another tooth. Instead of coming out cleanly, it broke and a few fragments were left behind
Doc said it was okay to leave it as it would be absorbed or come out again eventually. Almost a year later, and the little prick sends his regards by inflaming my face completely and having to rush to surgery again.
Hopefully it was the end of that. Fuck this SOB
This is another misconception addressed in the Climate Town video on this subject, with more details if you are interested:
New York Declares War On Traffic (A Congestion Pricing Story)
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ
They might need to commute in, but they don't have to drive in. The vast majority of people going to Manhattan doesn't drive, they take the subway, buses, trains and bikes. Only 20% of the people traveling through the congestion zone is in a vehicle and only 2% of the poor drove in.
Workers that needed to drive in wasted a lot of their valuable hours stuck in gridlock traffic, burning their own costly gasoline and being prevented from reaching their job site, costing them more than congestion pricing