Sure, but they developed that way. Instantly ending all vehicle travel will lead to mass death before things can reorganize in a way to support life without them again. Changing entire supply chains and social structures doesn’t happen overnight.
I’m not sure I see your point. They made a shitty design decisions and over the course of decades the city changed as that design was implemented. That’s very different than eliminating what has become critical infrastructure overnight.
Eliminating cars overnight would be the same as taking all the stores, hospitals, and everything out of a small walking-centric town, putting those things 50 miles away, with no roads, trails, or transportation to get there. Those services would be inaccessible and people would die. It would take time to make that transition. It takes similar planning and care to make the transition back away from roads and cars. I don’t see how that’s a controversial statement.
I think we can make the transition safely over the next 5 years if everyone genuinely treats this as a #1 priority. And it is a #1 priority, because the human species is going extinct if we don’t reduce our fossil fuel emissions to ZERO.
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Sure, but they developed that way. Instantly ending all vehicle travel will lead to mass death before things can reorganize in a way to support life without them again. Changing entire supply chains and social structures doesn’t happen overnight.
Did they?
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/6/23/kansas-citys-blitz-how-freeway-building-blew-up-urban-wealth
I’m not sure I see your point. They made a shitty design decisions and over the course of decades the city changed as that design was implemented. That’s very different than eliminating what has become critical infrastructure overnight.
Eliminating cars overnight would be the same as taking all the stores, hospitals, and everything out of a small walking-centric town, putting those things 50 miles away, with no roads, trails, or transportation to get there. Those services would be inaccessible and people would die. It would take time to make that transition. It takes similar planning and care to make the transition back away from roads and cars. I don’t see how that’s a controversial statement.
Whatever. The transition is never going to happen anyway. We’re doomed to inertia.
I think we can make the transition safely over the next 5 years if everyone genuinely treats this as a #1 priority. And it is a #1 priority, because the human species is going extinct if we don’t reduce our fossil fuel emissions to ZERO.
Dude. We need negative.
Ban cars and force the entire US population into a Kowloon-type city. Boom, easy fix! /s