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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

in most parts of us that is not an option any sane person would choose

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I did that until I got hit. I'm not willing to die to get to work.

When I had an actual separated bike path, though, it was wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I drove 550 miles to another state for work travel, bringing an entire car load of work related stuff too. Doing that on a bike would be pretty hard...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

80% of the US lives in metropolitan and micropolitan areas. Most people work in the same metro or micropolitan area that they live in.

Biking will never work for every trip for everyone. Public transit will never work for every trip. But it's something that can work for many more trips, given better zoning & infrastructure. If you're in a town, city or suburb, you shouldn't need a car to buy milk or have a pint with friends.

Getting most people out of cars is good for everyone. Cars lanes have much, much lower throughput than bus lanes or bike lanes do. Think about how much nicer driving is if you're not stuck in traffic.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Brooooooo just one more lane, just one more lane bro, I promise, just one more lane, please, pls pls, one more lane 🥺

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's actually quite wiggly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ok I'm here! Where do I put the recliners and all that shit you asked for? Just leave it outside in the sun while I work? Then take it back home, leave it outside the house and do it all over again tomorrow?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Eye opening

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Toronto looks exactly like this too. 😮‍💨

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I first encountered the photo, I thought I was looking at the latest superhighway in China. Then I saw the signs in English at the bottom right. 😞

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's just an average suburban neighborhood street in Texas.

Seriously, though, that's the Katy freeway in Houston Texas, which is often claimed to be the widest freeway in the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still a car but you should check out Aptera. It can allegedly get 40 miles per day of charge from solar panels.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You'll get a decent amount of downvotes because we're still not sure if Aptera is a scam or not, but the design is where we should be going.

If we moved away from full-ton SUVs, and focused on small cars, we could add far more lanes and clear up traffic. Our roads aren't going to get any larger. There's no more room in cities. We need the government to incentivize small commuter cars that take less space and energy. 90% of people in those SUVs are driving solo and it makes no damn sense.

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