Shifting gears: How do we shift people from private cars to walking and cycling?
Shifting gears: How do we shift people from private cars to walking and cycling?
By having a bus that came within 10 km of my house. Uber won’t even service our area.
Also: city planning and development. Creating living spaces where cars are not allowed into, but everything is a walk or ride away. Build up, not out
That depends on location. As people keep needing to be reminded, there are plenty of places, especially in America, where you just can't bike somewhere. It is just the way the whole goddamn place is built, starting after world War II especially. The farther out you are from a dense urban center, the harder it is to bike anywhere. And that's not even getting into climate and weather. If you've ever had to ride a bike in the freezing cold or snowy conditions, or in 100°+ temperatures, you'd know that bikes aren't always the answer.
Where I live, it is more about working closer to home.
You cannot work, shop, and shuttle kids using Transit if you work 30 km from home (normal in my city).
By having amenities closer and by having more efficient (and just more) public transport. Safer streets would be nice too.
I live 15 minutes away from my work by car… or 1.2-2 hour commute by bus. And I live in a city with a lot of transit options! Not that I’d ever ride the bus to work anyways, because I work in a rough area of town and often get out of work late; as a woman, it just isn’t safe.
Another thing to consider, though, is I live in a place with lots of state parks and amazing hiking trails… that you just can’t access without a car. So I would never want to get rid of my car entirely.
by having more efficient (and just more) public transport.
Not that I’d ever ride the bus to work anyways
because I work in a rough area of town and often get out of work late; as a woman, it just isn’t safe.
You missed that part somehow.
If I could walk to the stop and wait at it safely, then I would take public transport.
My car was stolen (towed) by privateers (a towing company) from my (my landlord's) parking lot for absolutely no reason (my registration was out of date). It would have cost more to get it back than it was worth, so I bought a bike and all the safety gear. Was still $100 cheaper than it would have been to get it back.
With viable public transportation. /End conversation
Ye, having the grocery store 50 miles away isn't an issue
