scott, 1 month ago

@enobacon they're always like "sorry, no money for transit, now check out this $700 million highway widening." austerity except for cars. car-sterity.

capntransit, 1 month ago

@scott @enobacon I've been trying to get urbanists and transit advocates to use austerity politics against cars for almost 13 years now!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2011/05/swinging-with-pendulum.html

enobacon, 1 month ago

@capntransit @scott yep, whether it's Amsterdam in the 70's, Paris in the last few years, or Seville a decade-ish ago, the formula is the same: pare back excess car space until you have a bike+transit network that's competitive with driving. Even that English city (starts with W?) that was supposedly "built for bikes" with separated bikeways and plenty of sprawling motorways is a counter-counter-example showing us we can't just offer people carrots to bike when car users get more carrots.

capntransit, 1 month ago

@enobacon @scott But specifically austerity. If they want austerity, tell them to start with the car funding.

YimbyEarth, 1 month ago

@enobacon @capntransit @scott
Milton Keynes?

enobacon, 1 month ago

@YimbyEarth @capntransit @scott that seems to ring a bell (maybe the W is inverted) but what I saw a few years ago was criticism of their mode-share splits relative to what had been provided in separated paths.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_redway_system