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The majority of people in my Municipality don't need to take a car. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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And it's infuriating that we are planning highly disruptive and expensive road widening projects, when investments in public transportation and active transportation could remove the "need" to widen roads!

Car-centric infrastructure is not sustainable, and every time I hear people moan and bitch about taxes, they should know that it's largely due to runaway road work and maintenance costs!

NOTE: the far left lable on the bottom chart is "less than 15 minutes." Factor in several minutes for stop signs and red lights, WHY THE HELL DRIVE AT ALL? 😡

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

May I ask what city? We have a trail in Oshawa that is frequented by homeless and drug addicts, and a few times I've been run at by one person in particular ( this guy also made attempts to stop my son and a friend of his in separate incidents, and they're in their 20s), and also a few small groups have purposely blocked the trail as I approached.

They never got me, but I swore if it ever happened again, I would get one of those retractable batons.

The unfortunate thing is that this trail is a major connection between the waterfront and the city, and there really aren't any other safe ways around it unless I want to contend with high-speed traffic.

So I can certainly empathize, it really is a shame that it came down to that for you. I would suggest still using it, perhaps not in that same area, but to do errands or other recreational rides, just to get more comfortable. Some people suck, but don't let that spoil a good thing.