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Gen Z is choosing not to drive
(www.newsweek.com)
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Now hopefully they start voting in their local elections for politicians who will build transit, bike lanes, and support walkability.
We had a really promising, progressive city councillor run for Mayor who basically tanked their campaign by making investment in cycling infrastructure one of their main platforms.
So, instead, we got a business-as-usual developper friendly mayor who will continue to do nothing to address public transit issues, or improvr cycling infrastructure besides painting a few lines on busy roads.
I think the major issue is that most people see bike lanes as removing their choice to drive, rather than adding alternatives to make driving easier. These people pushing for change need to look at the MAYA ~~principal~~ principle, meaning they use the Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable vocabulary to ease in the transition.
Anyone who wants to platform for biking and making better urbanism needs to instead focus their campaign on being fiscally responsible and tackling traffic concerns. If pressed, they can say that there are lots of data showing that small, cheap changes to the road infrastructure can make a large impact in both traffics and taxes.
Principal?
Well yeah, you gotta school them ๐
We all need schooling. We learn as long as we live.
You haven't met some of my coworkers
No one said what they learned was useful ;P
It is sad but many who want this kind of change end up having their careers ruined as it goes against "the status quo" and the "character of the neighbourhood"