I would love to have a public transit option for my commute, but I get enjoying the drive on the winding roads through the trees. But I don't even understand at all wanting to drive in the city. Traffic and lights and trying to find a place to park is enjoyable how?
I like using my bike in the city, so much. The bike lanes often move faster than car traffic, and I have NEVER had real trouble finding a spot to lock it up. And its gotten even better in recent years with these huge tube racks, that provide some serius steel to U-lock my bike to.
If you're gonna convince a car user of our views on urban development, you've gotta be in it for the long run. I find it extremely tedious and time-consuming to gradually nudge their perspective from unsustainable car centric planning to sustainable urban planning
Indeed. It takes time.
And there needs to be an actual alternative to driving. You can't just make driving worse and expect results. I've found that even small positive changes in alternative methods of commuting can have disproportionately positive effect. For example at work we simply installed better and more bike racks and it seems that after a while we have maybe twice the number of people regularly cycling compared to before. Basically because cycling accommodations got nicer a few more people started cycling and then others saw that it is not only feasible but also enjoyable so they started cycling... If we could only fix few sections of the road leading to our facility... Once can dream.
But yes, change takes time.
I am fortunate enough to have public transit when I need to comute. Even if it can get very packed during rush hours, it's either 20 minutes of getting very aquainted with lack of space or sitting for 2 hours in traffic. What pains me is that there are remote areas that are fairly unaccessible if you don't have a car when going on a trip in the countryside for example. I'd love some form of faster transportation in those areas+local attractions. It's sad to see those area plans where you are literally car dependent if you want to move around because walking/biking/electric scooters can be a bit inconvinient(distance over time, shopping etc.) because infrastructure can be fucking great when roads aren't congested. I'm tired of hearing people say that they need 2 cars for stupid reasons.
I like using my bike in the city, so much. The bike lanes often move faster than car traffic, and I have NEVER had real trouble finding a spot to lock it up. And its gotten even better in recent years with these huge tube racks, that provide some serius steel to U-lock my bike to.
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