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What stops to put a tram there? Or bike there? Thats then 10-20 minutes from my experience
There really could be a tram there. It's my pike dream.
Cars rule everything here. :(
Fat Americans... Right. But they forbid walking for day to day life, make it hostile basically anywhere that isn't a major city, and even there it kind of sucks to walk/take the bus/ride a bike.
There's density here, Universities, my husband works at one of them, he leaves an extra 30 minutes early for work everyday, because parking is such a bitch up there they fight for spots(workers have to pay for a parking pass too!). My son can't even ride his bike to a park or to school. I can't tell you how much I hate it. I'm literally trapped unless I have a car. We won't be able to move somewhere walkable that dream is dead.
I was fit when I rode my bike to work, back in the day in my states capital. My grandfather was a civil engineer who helped design this hell. I will always hate him. I don't have the freedom of movement unless I was to dodge cars going 60mph, and be the only person on the sandy street, where people just stare at you like you're poor from their cars.
Anyway. Ugh. I can hope for changes in the future, but that is becoming very bleak each day.
I knowww right? Im not from america but when ever i see that something around the corner is a 160 minutes walk is CRAZY! Even here in german country side you have to rely on cars to even get anywhere outside the villages!! One should have the right, to get to anywhere with public transport and not be reliant on private tools!
I dont get the whole "cars give you freedom" argument.
How are you indipendent if you are trapped in a metal cage you cant move around in? Dependend on so many companies, mechanics, oil, licensing, insurance and all that you pay yourself!!
I once met one that tried to argue car dependence is good because since you force people to spend their money on all that is good for the economy. I am NOT KIDDING!
The "cars give you freedom" argument also completely breaks apart if you stop to think about the millions of people who can't drive, such as children and blind people, who are forced to rely on someone else taking them everywhere because they can't walk without getting run over and public transport is nonexistent.
It's only "freedom" if you can afford it.
Yes! It is a right!
It SHOULD BE a right! IN LAW just like food, water, housing!!