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It's a well know fact that car companies (especially American ones) lobbied their governments to create car infrastructure. So why don't bike companies do the same for bike infrastructure?

  • @rockSlayer I see later in the thread that you've talked about thoughtful infrastructure, which I starred. Unfortunately, that wasn't in my notifications, which is what I replied to.

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    It's a well know fact that car companies (especially American ones) lobbied their governments to create car infrastructure. So why don't bike companies do the same for bike infrastructure?

  • @rockSlayer why do you assume "active travel" is only bikes? what about walkable communities? what if I like to roller skate? why can't we collaborate in each community on how we want to get around and what the rules are?

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    It's a well know fact that car companies (especially American ones) lobbied their governments to create car infrastructure. So why don't bike companies do the same for bike infrastructure?

  • @SpiceDealer my guess is the bike companies don't have as much profit for lobbying, but I like the direction of this. I'd love to see a grassroots movement demanding infrastructure for active travel.

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    Why Are American Drivers So Deadly? After decades of declining fatality rates, dangerous driving has surged again.

  • @dmrzl @silence7 I think they're largely interchangeable, like "lethal crash" and "deadly crash". Perhaps the use of deadly here was for alliteration: deadly drivers.

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    Any recommendations for [#urbanplanning](https://sfba.social/tags/urbanplanning) books for smart, interested 15-year-old? / [@notjustbikes](https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes) [@fuckcars](h

  • @peterme @notjustbikes @fuckcars

    I'm far from 15, but I've enjoyed what I've read of Happy City.

    https://happycities.com/the-book

    • mrialena Maria Elena @mastodon.social

    Hi there :) I'm a former Human Factors/User Experience person who is mixing it up and studying Public Health in a remote timezone foolishly unsuited for my sleep. San Diego-ish, California.

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