NotJustBikes is getting dragged on Twitter for this post.

What do you think? Is he right? Wrong? Not wrong, but an asshole?

When I see how hard advocates and sympathetic planners have to work in 2023 to get a halfassed facility that would never make it off the drawing board in the Netherlands, it's hard for me to say he's wrong.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    I can certainly understand why living in a low-density stroad hellscape is undesirable from a personal perspective, however from a macro one getting North America out of its status as a per capita carbon glutton is pretty essential. You can’t just up and move to idyllic European city and then pretend the place you moved from doesn’t exist anymore.

    • pumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]
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      1 year ago

      agreed, but realistically, I just don't see North America doing that. it's barely part of the conversation, much less being seriously pursued

      • MattsAlt [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Only part of the conversation is "Why can't I hit the cyclist for inconveniencing me"