

@Noit It’s almost like the road lobby wanted HS2 to fail or something
We can afford nice things … if we stop spending billions on nothing
🅭🅯🄎 #tfr DOB: 332.4ppm CO₂
@Noit It’s almost like the road lobby wanted HS2 to fail or something
@Noit Funny how we never see the same reports for motorways — that do exactly the same thing!
All sorts of standards are being applied to HS2 that don’t get applied to a road that length, from cost per mile, to blowouts, to land acquisition, to animal habitat, to community consultation … and just general media scrutiny.
@No_One @ajsadauskas @poVoq TFW you really want to go and look, meet and enjoy through the eyes of locals, observe and learn …
and yet the indigenous population are begging you not to visit
@No_One @ajsadauskas @poVoq I really *do* love my trams more than my buses, even the L2 and L3
But surely there are circumstances where 5 bus services for the price of 1 tram service (I am picking a number out of thin air, correct me please) is worthwhile
And a combination of bus-only road closures and sensible route selections can make all the difference to reliability — you don’t need a BRT everywhere
@uthredii @ajsadauskas Car Dependency ≠ Transport Choice
It’s not really a war on cars. It’s a war on having no choices but the cars. Even the cars have a nicer time when the lanes are replaced with bikes and trams. Ask any Dutch car driver.
Fine, ask any TV commercial for a car. Do you see other cars in it? Well, DO YOU?
@ajsadauskas @uthredii ^^^ this post
… should be a dull-ass statement of the bleeding obvious
pity it ain’t
@ajsadauskas @poVoq OMG wow. It’s not like this is a Gordian knot or something. This is Solved Stuff™ in other countries, who know to use value capture and have an expectation of government services.
As for “more roads” … ffs
Never be fooled into thinking this is a diabolical paradox. Beautiful, friendly dense urbanism does exist. Just not if you’re an arch-right low-tax roads-supremicist who revels in GDP and migration while pretending to be all “sustainability”.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars So when are they going to have the courage to close the City West Link and most of Victoria Road through Rozelle? You shouldn’t be using those “streets” unless you’re local (or a bicycle).
We’re halfway to solving these stroads. Let’s do it.