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The majority of people in my Municipality don't need to take a car. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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And it's infuriating that we are planning highly disruptive and expensive road widening projects, when investments in public transportation and active transportation could remove the "need" to widen roads!

Car-centric infrastructure is not sustainable, and every time I hear people moan and bitch about taxes, they should know that it's largely due to runaway road work and maintenance costs!

NOTE: the far left lable on the bottom chart is "less than 15 minutes." Factor in several minutes for stop signs and red lights, WHY THE HELL DRIVE AT ALL? 😡

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[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not just the left bar but also the entitlement of the others. Recently we had a reduction of parking spots at our workplace. The remaining ones are no longer free but cost a hefty price.

One of my coworkers send an email to all employees with a long rant about this. He said if they'd do this he'd be forced to ride to work on his horse. So this guy has a big ranch outside the city with horses simply as his hobby and he's upset about having to pay for the space his truck is taking because he considers all of those things his right.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Our downtown has on-street parking, making what should be a pedestrian friendly city centre look like a highway with shops.

But what kills me is that we have empty parking lots and a few parking garages that would easily put you with a short walk of your destination, but nobody uses them.

And then around the winter holidays those on-street parking spots are free to use.

What a massive disappointment.