@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected] • 2 years agoYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1524
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•edit-22 years agoIf you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoJust fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoThose can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoA car is not a wheelchair. What about a proper social net that provide the help people need. Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoThey can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.
If you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
Just fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
Those can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
A car is not a wheelchair.
What about a proper social net that provide the help people need.
Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
Very unlikely to happen in this area
Which is why you have to plan ahead.
How does that help rural people?
They can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.