lechekaflan@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoZohran Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas for NYC transportation team: ‘War on drivers’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1689arrow-down121
arrow-up1668arrow-down1external-linkZohran Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas for NYC transportation team: ‘War on drivers’nypost.comlechekaflan@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoOne of the many stupid things about it is that generally speaking, most measures to reduce cars have the effect of making car travel more pleasant. It’s building tons of extra lanes that drives its own demand and makes driving slow and unpleasant.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoYou need to remember that the groups that push for this pro-car culture don’t represent the drivers, but the manufacturers. They don’t care about the actual experience of driving - they only want to shit out as many new vehicles onto the road as possible.
One of the many stupid things about it is that generally speaking, most measures to reduce cars have the effect of making car travel more pleasant. It’s building tons of extra lanes that drives its own demand and makes driving slow and unpleasant.
You need to remember that the groups that push for this pro-car culture don’t represent the drivers, but the manufacturers.
They don’t care about the actual experience of driving - they only want to shit out as many new vehicles onto the road as possible.