• theplanlessman@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Public transport? Or cars. Some people on here may be militant about getting rid of all cars, but most of us aren’t that extreme. We simply want to have the option to not use cars, which is currently not the case in many regions of the world.

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      1 year ago

      There is no public transport that is even remotely able to serve the rural population.

      You always have the option to not use a car if weather permits no one is stopping you. Your last statement is simply not true.

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          1 year ago

          Local city councils and state reps you vote for make those laws and rules. Get it funded then we’ll talk.

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            1 year ago

            Convincing people to vote to get it funded is literally the point of posts like this. It’s called grassroots outreach.

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              1 year ago

              It’s a fucking meme. Not a campaign. Get a clue.
              This does nothing to further the cause.

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                Talking about the problem is literally the only way to further the cause. Change starts with a dialog. We’re not going to “get the laws passed and THEN talk about it”, that’s backwards.

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        Only 20% of the US is rural.

        80% of the US lives in metropolitan and micropolitan areas. In small towns, suburbs and cities.

        People on this sub aren’t saying that we should force Old Macdonald to take the bus from the farm to the feed store. You’re never going to get rid of all cars. They have an important niche.

        You always have the option to not use a car if weather permits no one is stopping you.

        I mean, in a technical sense that’s true. Practically, though, people respond to their built environment. There’s a reason way more people drive to work in Rome than Barcelona, and it ain’t the weather. And there’s a reason way more people bike in the winter in Oulu, Finland than Syracuse, NY despite having similar populations and climate.

        Most people aren’t ideological “drivers” or “pedestrians”, they’re just people who want to get somewhere and will follow the path of least resistance. Put them in Amsterdam and they’ll happily bike to their destination, put them in Houston and they wouldn’t.