Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 days agoHow New York City voted. It's transit riders vs driversslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkHow New York City voted. It's transit riders vs driversslrpnk.netScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.netEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·16 days agoIf they give money to transit riders drivers won’t get that extra lane that will finally solve traffic!
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-215 days agoSo once again, it’s that mindset that votes for purely personal reward rather than the health of the group? If humanity was a single body, it seems like that would be like one of the toes voting against having a critical organ.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoPretty much. Just the typical “American individualism” at play, as usual.
minus-squaresolbear@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoIf only traffic congestion could be solved by having fewer people rely on driving… oh well.
If they give money to transit riders drivers won’t get that extra lane that will finally solve traffic!
So once again, it’s that mindset that votes for purely personal reward rather than the health of the group?
If humanity was a single body, it seems like that would be like one of the toes voting against having a critical organ.
Pretty much. Just the typical “American individualism” at play, as usual.
If only traffic congestion could be solved by having fewer people rely on driving… oh well.