vividspecter@lemm.ee to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoWhy is Riding a Bicycle in the City Turning Into a Culture Warmomentummag.comexternal-linkmessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareregul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoThat accepts the framing that we’re designing for cars/bikes/peds. We’re not. We’re designing for people, whether they’re in a car, on a bike, etc. In that sense it’s very much not zero-sum.
minus-squarecor@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agowhat? no it doesn’t, and yeah people need some sort of transportation and the city will have limited space to accommodate all of those. so in that sense: zero sum.
minus-squareregul@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoWhether the road space is dedicated to cars or bikes, it’s still dedicated to people.
That accepts the framing that we’re designing for cars/bikes/peds. We’re not. We’re designing for people, whether they’re in a car, on a bike, etc.
In that sense it’s very much not zero-sum.
what? no it doesn’t, and yeah people need some sort of transportation and the city will have limited space to accommodate all of those.
so in that sense: zero sum.
Whether the road space is dedicated to cars or bikes, it’s still dedicated to people.