The right most image there is certainly not real

Time to make it a political movement then. Because the people who have any sort of power to make significant changes are politicians.

What you call transit is a bus?

the slow changes is exactly why we bought into the idea.

And slow changes can bring us back.

It also can't be easily undone or changed, even in a progressive society.

Who said it had to be easy? Most things worth doing aren't.

It is more important that the goal will serve us and that it will bring us value. That we are unwilling to postpone longer before it becomes even harder.

The Netherlands chose to do this when it was easy (easier anyway). Canada and the US made the choice to postpone then.

Other nations are chosing now, should we join them now? Or should he wait until the damage is even harder to undo? How many more must we slaughter and maim in the streets? How much more must we pollute our environment? Do we chose to act, or do we wait until action is forced upon us?

Evey road in north american must be resurfaced every 10-50 years. Car don't last much longer that 20. That means without any additional resources, this can be done in about 15 years.

Cargo bike

When grocery stores are close (walkable) it becomes super convenient to just go there every few days instead of managing a stockpile of food. Works way better for small spaces and for eating fresh foods. Don't knock it til you try it!

I aim to not have to go to the store every other day

When cities are designed right, going to the store every day (let alone every other day) isn't a problem.

From my perspective it's sorta crazy. How does one even have the space for several weeks of perishable groceries, or move them effectively from the store home. It all seems like so much wasted space.

Also how does one plan buying all you potential cravings for two weeks. I sorta don't get it, emotionally I don't.

I encourage you to try living a <10min walk from a grocery store if you ever get the chance. Right now I'm at< 3min to walking to the grocery store. It's the best. Especially if it's open till midnight or god forbid 24/7.

I don't see anything extremist in this community. It's mostly complaining about problems with cars and a few memes like this post. Talking about alternatives is fine here, as per the rules. There isn't much as far as other communities to discuss alternatives, at least not that I've found. Here's what I can point to:

• !transit@kbin.social
• !urbanism@slrpnk.net
• !citylife@beehaw.org

For some people, not driving is just death from starvation

That seems like the exact kind of thing many people are against. All of this was by design in order to create a dependence on cars. This is not how it has to be. There are a lot of alternatives that are worth investing in.

I don't believe anyone would suggest to immediate destroy all cars right this second without putting in any kind of necessarily alternative infrastructure. That would be a pretty extreme stance on the matter.

I would like to see the US government stop subsidizing cars and start subsidizing alternatives such as trains so that maybe in 30-50 years we can start to see that it is possible to live without driving a car.

The ironic thing is that there really is a "simple, blanket solution" in this case: changing the zoning code to stop outlawing density.

It's not a fast solution -- the law can be changed at the stroke of a pen, but the redevelopment enabled by the rule change will occur over years and years -- but it's the only one that actually solves the problem.