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Commutes Are Faster For Everyone After Buses Got Their Own Lane On Tobin Bridge (mass.streetsblog.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Taking away a lane for cars to create a dedicated bus lane made for faster commutes for everyone, thanks to faster, more reliable service on one of the region's busiest bus routes.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay then both our assumptions were wrong. Again just because cars are your hobby doesn’t mean we should design our society in a way that both assumes and forces car ownership on people. On top of the economics of every household needing at least access to one car, it is literally making our planet unlivable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It really isn't. Owning and operating cars PALES in comparison to corporate pollution from shipping industries. It's the rampant consumerism that's killing the world, not cars. That's why all the crap about China polluting. China isn't polluting so much as the US has offshored all of their pollution TO China.

The argument you're making is the equiv to all these rich billionaires telling kids to skip the avacado toast and morning coffee.

Why is it up to the PEOPLE to curb these actions instead of the ones who are actually polluting? Why do the PEOPLE hold responsibility here when it comes to cars? Why do they have to suffer and use public transportation instead of their nice, private, quiet vehicle?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And how many corporations force people to come downtown into offices, and either through fossil fuel emissions or tire particulate, pump carcinogens into high traffic/high population areas? If we want to reduce corporate pollution then we should plan to reduce it across the board, and not allow these real estate companies to dictate WFH.

The responsibility to transition to a sustainable world isn’t on the people. But it is the people’s responsibility to ensure their government is legislating issues like this properly. Failure to do so is letting down all future generations. This summer shows the results of 50 years of failing to face these issues head on and instead allowing profits to influence legislation. One of those influences is to force cars on people.

I understand you like your cars but I believe most people only have their cars for these reasons: to get necessities, go to work, and maybe childcare. And many can’t afford the gas to go much further. If more neighborhoods were designed to human scale, so you could walk or ride a bike to access the peoples common needs, that would make living much more affordable and sustainable for many.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But it is the people’s responsibility to ensure their government is legislating issues like this properly.

Listen...Have you SEEN the graph of what our politicians pass vs "The People's" approval of it? We have no say...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig