Suggesting people should bike isn't ableist, or, at least, is no more ableist than suggesting people should drive.

Thank you for listening to this PSA.

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Edmonton, AB just did this exact thing. They set up a trial run of bike lanes that were poorly thought out and inconvenient for cyclists, and also removed curbside parking spots. Which, you know, is the normal neoliberal playbook: promise something for the public good, then compromise with the hogs, and the final product is something everybody hates. Oops, we can't do anything unless it's cops or freeways! Sorry!

    One of the main rationales for declaring the project a "failure" is because disabled folks now have nowhere to park. Ignoring the fact that the road borders a fucking golf course that's just bare open land. :honk-enraged: