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Locksmith-Pitiful t1_iufx6mh wrote
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> Our cities aren’t designed to get around solely by walking, biking, and relying on public transit.
Wait, are you telling me Providence was built when cars were around or did we accommodate them over time while ignoring other modes of transit?
We just started putting in this accessible infrastructure a few years ago. We're currently catching up to other cities. Your suggestion to continue to cater to only cars is kinda fucking stupid and goes against modern urban planning and basic reasoning.
>You can call me car obsessed all you want, but I don’t see any other way that I could practically survive while living on the East side.
Proved my point about the need for accessible infrastructure 👍
>Most people going out to dinner at Wara Wara are not biking there, with or without the bike trail.
Most are but again, not the point.
>but soon we will have a bunch of vocal people complaining about the lack of parking.
oh no, they might need to walk 30 extra seconds!
>Congrats! I’m sure your decision to bike 1 mile to Hope St instead of driving has really put a dent in global warming.
"Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Rhode Island. Vehicles accounted for 35.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017." - RI DEM
StonksGuy3000 t1_iug1eyp wrote
>Wait, are you telling me Providence was built when cars were around or did we accommodate them over time while ignoring other modes of transit?
We’re not moving back to less efficient modes of transportation as out primary means of getting around. It’d be nice to have more options, but I will still need to drive when I go to work in the morning.
>We just started putting in this accessible infrastructure a few years ago. We're currently catching up to other cities. Your suggestion to continue to cater to only cars is kinda fucking stupid and goes against all science and basic reasoning.
You continue to ignore the fact that Hope St is in the middle of a residential area, not a city downtown. There are many locals like myself that can walk to anywhere on Hope St, but people coming in from more than a mile or so away are going to drive.
>Most are but again, not the point.
This is an assertion of yours without evidence. Perhaps this is why many of the business owners see it differently than you. Presumably if they thought this change would help business, they would all be fully supportive.
>oh no, they might need to walk 30 extra seconds!
And possibly waste twenty minutes driving in circles looking for a spot while polluting the environment.
>"Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Rhode Island. Vehicles accounted for 35.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017." - RI DEM
My point was that if you live sufficiently close that you have the option of biking or walking, your drive would be so short that the impact on emissions would be negligible. And if you live 5+ miles away, you’re probably not considering biking to dinner to begin with.
Locksmith-Pitiful t1_iug3zqt wrote
> I will still need to drive when I go to work in the morning.
No, when we build the accessible lane, you HAVE to use it. And since you drive, everyone else drives. eyeroll
>You continue to ignore the fact that Hope St is in the middle of a residential area, not a city downtown.
Residential areas have the most activity when it comes to non-car usage.
>but people coming in from more than a mile or so away are going to drive.
Tell how building an accessible lane is stopping you from commuting a mile.
>And possibly waste twenty minutes driving in circles looking for a spot while polluting the environment.
City and local studies have shown there's an overabundance of parking already that is never filled to capacity. You'll park on the corner and walk 30 seconds, boohoo!
I literally was there last night and found parking directly in front. I was there a few days ago again and found similar parking. In my almost 20 years here, I have never had an issue parking, lmao
>And if you live 5+ miles away, you’re probably not considering biking to dinner to begin with.
Interesting how other cities and countries people do that just fine... something, something... infrastructure? Naw, can't be! Surely, people don't bike/scooter/walk/bus commute in the smallest state in the nation because they're just lazy, not because they don't feel safe and would likely die because we only cater to cars.
StonksGuy3000 t1_iug75es wrote
>No, when we build the accessible lane, you HAVE to use it. And since you drive, everyone else drives. eyeroll
No idea what you’re even responding to here. I think you misinterpreted what I was saying.
Anyway, kind of tired of dealing with your pompous know-it-all attitude and self righteous manner of conversing. We clearly don’t see eye to eye and likely never will.
Locksmith-Pitiful t1_iug7dt9 wrote
ill never see eye to eye with someone who only cares about cars and nothing else
I'll see you at the community meetings.
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