We still need roads for buses and trucks. Basically nothing is produced locally any more

Recently saw something posted about how kids are actually cycling to school again in some parts of London where LTNs have been implemented. Reducing the number of cars makes it better for people.

Look up how the town Houten in the Netherlands is designed. A town designed for pedestrians and cyclists. Still accessible for cars and plenty of parking spaces and roads for them. And more than 5% of inhabitants have one. You don’t need to get rid of cars to make a city walkable and cyclable and not everyone wants to live in a dense almost car-free city like Tokyo.

https://youtu.be/r-TuGAHR78w

They are everywhere, and often park on the pavement which must be really difficult if you are trying to move about in a wheelchair and there are cars blocking everything. Public transport isn't much better as almost no where has level boarding here either so someone needs to come over with a fucking ramp - except they probably won't so you need to change at the next stop when someone wakes up and lets you off and then go back to the previous stop to get off where you actually wanted to.

Yeah, and you're still paying your food subscription, electricity subscription, roof subscription, etc. And if you use public transportation you have to pay your train or bus subscription. That's not the zinger everyone thinks it is.

Only if you ride this.

Cars as a hobby are cool. A society built around cars is stupid. Billions of people using cars daily is pretty dangerous to us all.

I like shooting guns. It's loud, smells funny, and you get to train patience and self-control. It's a cool hobby. A society built around guns is... well... just look at the US.

We don't hate on cars. We hate on the fact that most cities are car-centric where you can't even walk; we dislike who buys a 5000L truck and uses it only to get kids from school and so on

I feel ya. I'm currently waiting for a part for my motorcycle to come in so I can take apart the clutch again. But what makes it fun is that my entire ability to transport myself isn't dependent solely on my motorcycle. If I needed it running in order to get to work every day, I would never take the time to work on it - I would be forced to take it to a mechanic to ensure the job is done right, and fast, because I can't afford the luxury of making mistakes and learning on my own.

The pushback against cars is pushback against car dependence, and the externalities that cars create in our shared urban environments. Not against hobbyists who just think cars are neat.

Same here. Especially going wild. I like windy narrow roads. When driving through the remote village in the woods I grew up in, I’m using about 37 liters / 100 km. It’s a one way road and pretty fucking fun to drive.

Outside of that I’m down to 4.2 liters / 100 km lol

Your hobby is fine as long as you don't impose the externalities on other people. I don't want to hear your loud engine, I don't want to breathe your fumes, and I don't want to worry about getting hit while just walking around.