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I think you mean !fuckcars@lemmy.world or !fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
(I hope a time will come when you can view all together with !fuckcars or something)
Apparently i need more schooling. And akshuwally I'm not even sure where the group I'm subscribed to is hosted😒. I'll be best next time, thank you Citizen!
What a dumb community. I'd be fucked without my car, so you're going to disparage me for using one? Sorry I don't live in fantasy land where public transport is readily available.
Yes fantasy world of most of the other developed nations. Even some under developed ones
I'd be fucked without my car
And that's exactly the point of this community. We don't want you to just stop using your car. We want you to have the choice to stop using the car. We hate the fact that car-centered infrastructure led to the point where you can't go anywhere without a car.
This is an issue because first of all, cars are the thing that makes traffic as dangerous as it is for pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers. Secondly they create traffic jams and everyone hates those. Thirdly, something something CO2 something something climate change, you know the jazz. Fourthly, not everyone can afford a car, driving lessons to get a licence, petrol and car insurance.
I could keep going but I hope you see why infrastructure more centered around pedestrians, cyclists and public transport could lead to safer and quicker traffic, cleaner air, lower emissions and more freedom for those who can't afford it.
Fuck cars refers to what they caused with car centric infrastructure. The lobbying that reduced that "fantasy" of public transport to rubble. It's advocating for people centric cities.
At least check what is about before getting offended.
These days people get offended for even the tiniest thing lol
Fuck cars is nothing but city dwellers that think their lifestyle is scalable to suburbs or the sticks.
I definitely want a more expansive public transportation system out here in the foot hills. A high-speed rail network to connect us to other parts of the state would be awesome. But it isn't feasible to get rid of all cars completely. A single parent out here can't be expected to make multiple bike trips for the equivalent of one grocery store run, up and down hills to feed multiple children and work a full time job. Some people out here live on roads where cars can barely drive on let alone a bus. edit: typo
What about the women and children? Did they have to walk?
I transported them. I transported them all. Every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They’re like passengers, and I transported them like passengers! I LOVE THEM!
bus
That was unexpectedly wholesome.
Yes! Gotta save every drop
Up to 1989 british women and children weren't issued a bus loicence
They aren't allowed to go out
1980s ads were stuck in the 1780s, confirmed?
Can I just say how much I loved Edinburgh for that? I was able to go to pretty much any bus stop, and have one that goes where I needed to go like every ten minutes.
That was quite a while ago though, and I think they wanted to build a tram network, so maybe that's changed
I agree that personal muscle cars are a "go fuck yourself" to the climate, but look at that bus. It doesn't look fast because it has no reason to be aerodynamic. That thing is either stopped or going like 30 mph a majority of the time. If driving takes you 15 minutes but taking the bus takes you an hour, those with enough money will trade it to get that time back.
That's why good public transit networks using multiple modes are important, as well as reducing car infrastructure to disincentivize driving at the same time
Why does it need to be aerodynamic? You know you don't need a Formula 1 shaped car to go faster than 30mph right?
Also the bus pictured is a London city bus. They can't go faster anyways because of all the traffic in London. There's busses designed to go on the highway at least like 60 mph.
That's why the example 15min vs an hour is not working, because both are stuck in traffic
It's also the reason why dedicated bus-only lanes are so based. They let the car owners wait in the stupid traffic jam lineup with all the other car owners while the bus chads all fly past them in the bus lane 😎