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Azr431 t1_iuyq80k wrote

Reply to comment by movdqa in Ya Killed a Kid, Saturday by [deleted]

America wasn’t designed exclusively for cars until the 50’s. It happened because of car manufacturer/political corruption, suburban white flight, racism, the FHA of ‘56 and carbrains like Robert Moses. Some states and cities have realized what a colossal fuckup that was and began investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and reducing car dominance decades ago. Some have begun more recently. New Hampshire hasn’t gotten the memo at all.

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movdqa t1_iuzz3zw wrote

I grew up in Newton, MA and you can live there without owning a car or knowing how to drive. The city is broken down into about a dozen villages and there is a shopping center area for each village so you're never more than a mile away from shopping. They have five rail stops and several bus lines. There are some main roads that are very busy and not great for cyclists but they have sidewalks on both sides of the road so good for pedestrians. So you can design cities to be walkable but it seems to be very hard to retrofit.

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Azr431 t1_iv0n2ym wrote

Yeah always harder to remediate, but it’s where the whole country is. Honestly, the most difficult thing isn’t the ground work. It’s the initiative and vision, political will, and willingness to push back against car-centric design so many people are just accustomed to.

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