Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

  • BlackDragon@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Uh, they’re not? The cars are in fact much closer to one another than they could possibly be while moving at speed. They would only get this close to one another during a traffic jam. On the other hand, the walkers are entirely capable of moving in exactly the way they are pictured.

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      2 months ago

      I understand your argument but there is a clear bias here. Unless youre in an exceptionally denly populated area, people dont travel this close to one another. Most leave at least 1-2 humans gap between eachother, especially if there are wheelchairs, kids and prams involved.

      Thats all my argument was, the cars are spaced out per lane (albiet bumper to bumper) but the side to side space is not consistent with the walkers. You could fit cars in between the cars with how they are spaced in that pic. I live in a victorian town where the roads force you to drive wingmirror to wingmirror

      Im on the fuckcars space here, trust me I agree cars need to be phased out/down but thats no excuse for bias in data

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        2 months ago

        That and the fact that cars have a much bigger distance radius. So everything can be spaced out more.

        15 minute walkable cities are cool. But lets not pretend like you can’t drive 2 towns over in 15 minutes by car to reach what you need.

        Fuck cars, but that isn’t really an argument.

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          2 months ago

          I completely agree, i live in a city where i can get everything within 15-20min walk. But unfortunately there are about 50-100 people within 25m of my living room at all times and i would rather have some space