Parking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @Maggoty @UnderpantsWeevil Melbourne is slowly on it's journey to banning cars in the CBD. I wish we'd do it with a timeline with less decades in it, but each step towards it is good.

    So far 2 of 21 pieces of street have been made car free.

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  • Parking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 50%

    @Olgratin_Magmatoe @kurwa I wouldn't go that far. Just because every step is wrong, doesn't make the thought process that weird.

    I'm saying we should have compassion for their misunderstanding. The conclusion is wrong, but the path to get there isn't that hard. Particularly when you've been raised in that paradigm (or raised watching media that shows it as the ideal).

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  • Parking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 93%

    @Username @HiddenLayer555 no, the store will just have local customers. And yes there are plenty of those when you can replace the carpark with apartments.

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 50%

    @OsrsNeedsF2P I meant a bigger problem in China

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  • Ladies and gentlemen, I can now confirm the existence of machines that make severe hurricanes more frequent and likely in Florida! 🤯
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @andrew_s @JackGreenEarth And tags still help things spread further regardless of the federated service they start on.

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 30%

    @Alsephina @Juice Isn't their bigger problem having too many unfinished apartments? Many more than are needed.

    (And are those rates including those who own apartments that will never be completed?)

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @HiddenLayer555 @dessalines There isn't much lacking in the Japanese network.

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @davel comedy mode: one more track, you wont believe how many more people can use just one more track ;)

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @davel Air travel is also demanding on:
    * Road infrastructure for the airport, trains deliver people closer to where they want in the first place and the connect better to the rest of the PT system.
    * Land use. Airports are huge.
    * Airports also cost a lot, factoring them into the price of moving people around is important, frequently this is paid for the state.
    * Noisy in ways that just can't be mitigated.

    It really isn't a good option.

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  • What's your least favorite thing about cycling?
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @dexa_scantron @Never_Daunted park benches that face the shared path, encouraging people to sit and play fetch across the path....

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  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @davel @elgordino the viability is: how do we let people move around the country, what is the cheapest way.

    This is cheap.

    It's also cheap everywhere else.

    And by cheap I mean cheaper than alternatives.

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  • What's your least favorite thing about cycling?
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 100%

    @perishthethought not finding the time to do it

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  • Bros who still buy Tesla's thinking they're morally superior need a reminder
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1w ago 33%

    @cm0002 @ByteOnBikes yes, but the idea that EV's solve things makes people think it is okay to not be all in on PT.

    And it's not okay.

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  • If you were never a "fuck cars" person, hang out near a school
  • LovesTha LovesTha 4w ago 83%

    @spankmonkey @PonyOfWar I caught a public bus to high school. To get an extra 20m of sleep I caught the one that didn't go into the school and stopped on the wrong side of the road 1m before school started. To not be late we'd all walk out across the 4 lane road without looking. Cars will just stop.

    After someone was rear ended the stop was removed.

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  • Mountain Biking Is Just a Passing Fad! | 1986 | CBC Archives
  • LovesTha LovesTha 1mo ago 100%

    @avidamoeba My gravel bike is steel. Steel is a good material to make bikes from. That is bikes intended to be used and repaired.

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  • [@fuck\_cars](https://lemmy.ml/c/fuck_cars) Something I wish Australia would change is laws prohibiting any vehicles between a 200W ebike and a full motorcycle. I'd get a lot of value from a 60kmph limited 1kW ebike. But currently to sell such a thing it would have to comply with all motorcycle requirements, and things like ABS on both wheels is really not required for such a device.a [\#AusPol](https://floss.social/tags/AusPol) [#eBikes](https://floss.social/tags/eBikes)

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