This tweet and the replies to it would not exist if cities took climate change seriously. If we can’t make people who actually *want* to make pro-climate lifestyle changes feel safe doing so, good luck with everyone else.https://twitter.com/Lyndab08/status/1443592372445605894 …
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Replying to @paulgb @DanielleFong
imagine thinking that bike lanes would be what taking climate change seriously meant
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Replying to @Algorithmexist @DanielleFong
It’s not the endpoint of taking climate change seriously, it’s the lowest hanging fruit. If we can’t accommodate people already excited to make a lifestyle change, how can we expect to move anyone who needs real convincing?
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"the lowest hanging fruit" its neither fruit nor low hanging. its a complete sideshow
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Surely it depends on the city, but here in NYC merely consistently enforcing car parking laws as the already exists would go a long way towards making biking safer. If there is lower hanging fruit than that, let me know and it’ll have another supporter!
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i can't imagine why you think biking matters at all if you think 'lifestyle' is a useful angle to pursue (i don't) maybe convince city people to stop throwing tons and tons of PET water bottles away every day, idk. https://www.grownyc.org/files/rcp/NYCWasteFacts.pdf …
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order of magnitude 10% carbon emissions decrease possible alongside major improvements to health and quality of life with minimal cost / negative cost compared to car infrastructure
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i assume the calculation you're doing imagines you can replace the primary purposes of auto-transport w/ bikes you can't.
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Replying to @Bugs_Meany @DanielleFong and
i mean, for the tiny percentage of the population who commutes short distances in already-dense areas, and only ever needs to transport 'themselves' (and never goods, other people, etc)... yeah, bully for them. but its more fashion statement than anything else.
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that’s thinking one ply deep. the globe is urbanizing, and for the vast majority of these, like 90%, they have not in fact backed into a car dependent infrastructure like you are imagining. for tens of millions to more than a hundred million every year, this is the move to make
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ebikes over short distances / efficient/shared cars when it makes sense is in reach and already and increasingly a reality with car shares and ride shares and. perhaps someday fsd. people are happier and healthier and earn more money in denser cities, & this is baseline globally
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