Cycle Bus from Salthill to Cappagh
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Salthill-Cappagh CycleBus retweeted
Cars are a luxury good. They are INCREDIBLY expensive to buy, maintain and repair. They are a financial trap for low income people. Centering our civilization on them dilutes the tax base, destroys and degrades human settlements and immiserates, sickens and kills so many people.
I want to know what non-car people think of this.
A woman has two cars. A Toyota Camry and a Porsche 911 GT3 (very nice track car.)
Her boyfriend drives the GT3 without her permission, taking it racing through a field. She drives it, feels the suspension is screwed up, takes it to a shop and gets a $2000 bill.
The boyfriend thinks all this is exaggerated and doesn’t want to pay. Who is right?
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Salthill-Cappagh CycleBus retweeted
Yes, and this kind of thinking leads to traffic. If you want to avoid traffic, you have to build a transportation SYSTEM with multiple, viable ways to get from point A to B. You also need planning models that enable walking and cycling.
Salthill-Cappagh CycleBus retweeted
Reimagining our road space to support public transport and active travel will help create a more vibrant and people-friendly city. Let's prioritise the collective over individual comfort.
Salthill-Cappagh CycleBus retweeted
📢New research just published on the potential of shared e-bikes to cut transport emissions.
Available open access here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
Salthill-Cappagh CycleBus retweeted
According to the CSO, only 2,4% of children in Ireland cycle to school. 24% walk, but the majority (55%) get to school by car.
This is a shocking statistic. Our car-centric transport system has taken the freedom away from our children. We are enabling inactivity, not activity.
“Currently about 2/3rds of all Dutch children walk or bike to school, with 75% of secondary school kids cycling to school. By enabling safe and active travel, #Dutch cities prevent an estimated one million car journeys to school each morning.” — @modacitylife in #CurbingTraffic
