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Introducing:the tramway!
Wait until they hear about the Bus. But probably is for the best they don't, their head would explode at the thought
Bro, I can walk 1 mile to the grocery store and 1 mile back. That's roughly an hour including shopping. I have a disability on my right foot so I'm slow moving.
I can walk 1/2 a mile to the bus stop and spend another 20-30 min to the store, so around 2 or more hours.
I can drive there in 5 minutes.
Cars are not the solution and are terrible for the environment but many people don't have other options
Imagine if you lived somewhere that your disability would be considered and accommodated for, so you were given an electric mobility scooter or other, more sensible and less dangerous transport for those one mile situations...
I appreciate what you're saying and that would be fantastic. So many, far more, disabled people deserve to have mobility given to them at next to no cost and that's absolutely a place I would want my tax dollars going to.
I do not fall into that category and I am fortunate for it. I can still walk and stand, I'm just slower than before and time standing takes a toll.
My point was supposed to be that things like "wait until you hear about a bus" doesn't apply to everyone and doesn't solve any issues. With our current infrastructure, for most people outside of a city, having a car isn't really an option. I would love to walk to the store and back in a few minutes
Ok, but imagine this: you work a mile or two from your house, with bus stops every two blocks, and they come every 5 minutes. That walk to your house passes a grocery store, several bakeries, a small hardware store, and most other places you'd need to go day to day. On one side of this main Street is a park, on the other is a few blocks of homes and businesses before you get to a parking garage next to the highway - all the roads inside the community have low speed limits and little parking, so there's not much traffic.
If you qualify for handicap placards you can park on the street, a few parking passes can do the same, but are hard to get because they're auctioned off. Most people leave their cars in the parking garage if they don't need them, they might park near their building to unload large amounts of stuff, but after they take it back to the lot. People at the stores in the community don't generally buy more than will fit in a personal cart or a backpack, because they're so close and convenient
It's actually way more convenient, because you don't have parking lots everywhere. Instead stores, offices, and housing of all levels of affordability is all mixed together, so you just give priority to people who can't walk far, and everyone else just has a couple staircases or a couple blocks further to go
And it's not just a dream, I spent a summer living in a place that worked exactly like this
I would love that! Unfortunately that's not the reality I live in.
There is so much that could be done to make that a future and I am all for it
Your problem is with infrastructure
It should be designed for people who can’t drive
Generally those physically capable of driving are better off not driving than those who physically can’t drive
I agree, infrastructure is horrible in the usa and I live in an extremely high population suburb. Yet, it is still horrible.
My disability involves my toes so I am perfectly, physically capable of driving. I am also physically capable of walking to the grocery store. I would also spend the rest of the day/night/potentially next day feeling throbbing pain in my toes.
I hope you can imagine that is not something I would cherish.