[flagged]
If the union strike is so inconvenient, management should agree on a deal promptly.
[flagged]
Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
31–40 of 994 posts
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#32[flagged]
You can cycle in the rain. Just plan and get the needed equipment for it.
Also allow me to point you to Mexico City - you can’t imagine the hell it is for car drivers when all the things you mention happen (rain, protests choking half the city, and the subway shut down due to either failure or a strike). I’m talking literally 4-5 hours to get to your in-the-city destination; I once spent 2 hours driving half a kilometer and it was only raining. Just in case your actual point is “it’s better to drive as you’re less vulnerable to an eventuality with public transport or alternative mobility”.
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#33I think the thing that really struck a chord with me about car-centric development, as someone who lives in a city with fairly poor public transport (by certain standards, it would actually be quite good if it were in the US) and where driving is the norm for getting around - Prioritising cars actually makes things worse for drivers. We spend many tens of billions of dollars a year on roads in my state and traffic in…
I think it is not just car-centric. It is "private mobility"-centric. In towns, and large towns especially, public mobility should be the rule and private one the exception. If any. And maybe also for long distance mobility.
Might I suggest bikes are a great form of private mobility?
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#34[flagged]
I mean I feel for you but cycling in the rain is not that big of a deal, greetings from the Netherlands
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#35I think the thing that really struck a chord with me about car-centric development, as someone who lives in a city with fairly poor public transport (by certain standards, it would actually be quite good if it were in the US) and where driving is the norm for getting around - Prioritising cars actually makes things worse for drivers. We spend many tens of billions of dollars a year on roads in my state and traffic in…
Simply & beautifully satirized by the "bro just one more lane bro, bro I swear just one more lane and it'll fix the traffic bro," meme from a few years ago. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/one-more-lane-bro-one-more-la...
"One more lane" is so much easier to ridicule because of America, so thank you.
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#36Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#37It's all fine and dandy until you realize that economy pays a big buck for faster and more comfortable ways of transporting a body. (And it's been this way since time memorial). You either transport your body fast, or you are missing out. And the greatest thing to miss out is an opportunity. While programmers can live in one room for years and just use Zoom for everything, others can't. Sorry to say, but most of my E…
> You either transport your body fast, or you are missing out. And the greatest thing to miss out is an opportunity.
This is such a modern take on life, we have to run everywhere to consume as much as possible as fast as possible. The irony is that you're probably missing out more of what makes life "life" by being entirely driven by FOMO and checking boxes of the infinite TODO list.
What's funny is that the faster the means of transportation the more time we spend time in them, commute times are getting longer, you're most likely literally missing opportunities due to cars more than anything else.
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#38My favourite thing about living in the Netherlands is that kids have freedom. They can bike to school, their friends’ houses, sports, town etc and parents aren’t their taxi. Growing up in suburban California I was basically in an outdoor prison until I could drive.
> Growing up in suburban California I was basically in an outdoor prison until I could drive. Having grown up in the Netherlands and having a decision to make where we want our kids to grow up (US spouse), this feels painful to read. I suppose the SWE salaries aren't worth it. Also this is one of the best towns to cycle in the Netherlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TuGAHR78w&ab_channel=NotJu...
Agreed, last summer we contemplated moving back to CA for work but wouldn’t want that for our kids.
And hello from Houten :-). If you’re here and want to talk bikes maybe we could have a coffee some time!
Re: Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"
#39I think the thing that really struck a chord with me about car-centric development, as someone who lives in a city with fairly poor public transport (by certain standards, it would actually be quite good if it were in the US) and where driving is the norm for getting around - Prioritising cars actually makes things worse for drivers. We spend many tens of billions of dollars a year on roads in my state and traffic in…
Simply & beautifully satirized by the "bro just one more lane bro, bro I swear just one more lane and it'll fix the traffic bro," meme from a few years ago. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/one-more-lane-bro-one-more-la...
Katy Freeway's at 26 and counting! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Texas