Redbrickbear said:
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Trains and bikes are great to societyCritics always say "in America we need to plan for driving, that's what freedom is!"
— Erik Bootsma🌸🇳🇱 (@ErikBootsma) May 25, 2024
But driving is not freedom for kids and youth, it's being shackled into a car for half of the day between school and bed.
Making walkable and bikable places means freedom for kids to be kids. https://t.co/RTjgi5m1QP
Not at the expense of functional roads. Do you realize the numbers of people and goods that get moved every day? We are seeing transportation planning meeting spending 90% of the time on 1to 5% (being generous) of the trips. All that gets discussed is ped safety and bike paths. You can't say anything or you get cancelled for being anti-safety.
True story, a ferry project got an award for moving 45k trips in 6 months, allowing people to not drive. The road that they are saying it will replace, moves 129k a day. 45k is not even a half day worth of trips, never mind 6 months! Do you know the cost per trip? You should be furious that the limited transportation dollars we have are being used on bike paths, ferry and transit. If you really want to be conservative...