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"It's not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!"
If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024
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No point in that big store if I never go to it because I don't have anywhere to park.
And I love how cute it is that you think there are "car lobbyists".
And why do you think you should need to drive?
There's a shitload of big stores like that in my city that I can get to in less than 20 minutes without a car.
Your city is frankly built shit if that's not also the case.
Big box stores, not just big stores. From the from door to one to the front door to the next is just barely reasonable walking distance - and that is assuming you take unsafe shortcuts, go around the parking lot on the sidewalks and it isn't a reasonable walk (if there is snow they pile that between the two doors). If you want to go to some third store instead of the second you can't get there in a reasonable walk.
there are many different ways to do a big store. Big box stores are not necessarily any bigger than the others, but the layout of the doors is such that anything other than driving is discouraged by the design and if you do anyway you realize it isn't safe. There are other big stores where walking is reasonable.
What distance would you call a reasonable walk?
from their front door to their car ofcourse.
That depends a lot. there is a big difference between that area between big box stores where the semi trucks drive, the workers are smoking and the dumpster is; and a nice park. I'll walk miles in a park. I'll walk miles in a mall (any mall). I've walked the distance between big box stores and it was unpleasant and not something I'd recommend to anyone - and I'd never walk it with my kids.
And I love how cute it is that you think GM, Ford, Tesla, etc aren't lobbying for parking minimums.
Also, auto companies have never tried to manipulate a country's government, no they would never.
excuse me corporations have no financial incentive ever to behave the slightest fart unethically so they never ever ever will.
Actually curious, is this an ongoing thing in America also, or are you just saying it'd be silly to think it's not? I'd not considered your perspective before and am unsure if this is a documented issue contributing to American city planning, or if your just saying people should be open to the idea of it
Read all about it here (skip to section 1.5 if you like but the whole thing is worth your time) and then check out Not Just Bikes on youtube, his Strong Towns playlist is a great place to start.
Thank you for the link! I occasionally really enjoy a Not Just Bikes video 😊
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/industries/summary?cycle=2021&id=M02
If they only lobbied, lol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
There's a lobby for a lot of shit and you didn't take 2 seconds to think about your claim that a major American industry (one that relies on fossil fuel at that) wouldn't have lobbyists? Like not downvoting you or anything, I'm too embarrassed for you. Hope you're not someone who takes downvotes etc to heart.