Fuck your existing lanes and fuck your 1.5-tonne beasts. Make some space, it won’t fucking kill you.

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    You’re back-tracking: now you are allowing, however intelligently, for cars in some instances

    No I’m not: I’m not the one you think I am. “No rubber on asphalt, like, ever” is a stupid stance from the get-go. “Reduce individual car ownership as far as reasonably possible” is a statement I’d support.

    You also sound British, which no offense,

    Why, confusing me for a chap from our colony, how quaint. More on topic: Europe gets hot. Europe gets cold. Still there’s bikes in Finland and bikes in Spain. Oh, Not Just Bikes has a video on Finns vs. Canadians.

    Which company will get the contract to sell the city those ≥2500 cars—Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, BMW, Tesla, or a Chinese variant? The one that lobbies best?

    Probably the one that hands in the 2nd cheapest option ticking all the boxes. How do cities decide on which busses to buy? Who will build a bridge? This is not a topic specific to car rentals.

    They were the reason some authorities made accommodations, which in turn made cycling seem more viable to more people, thus increasing the number of cyclists.

    People never stopped cycling. People never started to believe that it’s reasonable to close the primary schools of 20 villages and put kids into a single giant one.

    I understand that it’s harder to fix what’s fucked up than to improve what was still functional but “oh it’s hard” is not an argument with which you can counter “it’s better”. I never said it would be easy.

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      though understandable as bike lanes are quite a bit cheaper than building public transit from scratch.

      Why, confusing me for a chap from our colony, how quaint.

      wt:lorry#Noun

      1. (British, Ireland, South Asia, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck

      also this:

      https://youtu.be/3CPu9c1Qp6c?t=560 (cued, for several seconds)

      😁🙂

      Oh, Not Just Bikes has a video on Finns vs. Canadians.

      Thanks for the link. 🙂

      How do cities decide on which busses to buy?

      The selection probably isn’t as good as cars.

      Who will build a bridge?

      idk. Maybe some mafia front that under-bids, but raises the price when they’re halfway done?

      I understand that it’s harder to fix what’s fucked up than to improve what was still functional but “oh it’s hard” is not an argument with which you can counter “it’s better”. I never said it would be easy.

      I was agreeing with your statement “though understandable as bike lanes are quite a bit cheaper than building public transit from scratch.”