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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Yeah it's made by a Dutch guy. He came up with the idea as satire seeing how stupid the American infrastructure is and how stupidly they clamb onto their car dependant world contradicting all statistics while we, here in The Netherlands, are making the country more cycling, walking and public transportation focused and push cars out of our cities.

Zutphen city centre is already completely car free. Other cities make increasingly more streets car free, increase parking costs to prices as high as a pack of cigarettes per hour (and those are expensive too) and push for stricter emission regulations. Car infrastructure is sacrificed for extra wide and safe bike paths. I sold my car because driving in the city and parking is stupid, so I rather take my e-bike by train when traveling to other cities to avoid traffic jams and parking costs.

[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh, I know all about the Netherlands; I am American and I think cycling is great. I just didn't think anyone would make a game based on all this. Its very cool though.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, painful part of it though is that this is made as satire but actually it is a reality. Car lobbyists still control a lot of shit, even here in NL. Highways are being widened even though it's scientifically proven to be useless, for example.

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