General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

“This will eventually not only provide convenience for cars but also taxis/rideshare, buses, transport and delivery trucks, emergency vehicles as well as pedestrians and cyclists. Plus pedestrians and cyclists can use the bridge over the railway tracks at Victoria and continue onto Uptown Waterloo and beyond.”

Are you entirely unwilling to question the fundamental assumptions here? Is it convenient to have a cycle path next to a four lane stroad? Sure.

But maybe question why you have to have all these cars right in the middle of everything instead?

Like...when the US started to have rivers catch fire because of the volume of industrial contaminants pumped into the river, they didn't just invest in fireproof boats, they fundamentally changed the paradigm of the water, where maybe it shouldn't be flammable.

The Netherlands isn't a pleasant place to live because there are bike paths adjacent to all the four lane stroads where we have to exist. It is pleasant because they don't have such things, the cars are limited and kept away from people.

But what the fuck, everything I posted here gets downvoted by the same jackass, so I'm seriously questioning whether I have any interest in continuing to participate here. It's a pretty shitty experience, and especially infuriating given the whining and complaining that certain folks here express when people actually engage with their arguments.