Post AS9BUDyrchxPYAqnNg by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #AS7dUwzMh2UdXaIdXM by acitta@canada.masto.host
2023-01-28T15:35:53Z
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Kitchener launches Vision Zero street safety education campaignhttps://www.kitchener.ca/en/news/kitchener-launches-vision-zero-street-safety-education-campaign.aspx
(DIR) Post #AS7dV3INFHGP6HEu00 by acitta@canada.masto.host
2023-01-28T21:51:29Z
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I think that they should spend the money to send our road engineers to the Netherlands to learn how to build safe infrastructure rather than trying to teach motorists to stop killing pedestrians and cyclists.
(DIR) Post #AS7dV8Al718wE6iOK8 by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-29T03:07:06Z
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@acitta Or just admit that cities which arise after the car are bad places for cyclists.Most bicyclists seem like they have a chip on their shoulders.
(DIR) Post #AS8dcHDi4A3NTLSk9A by acitta@canada.masto.host
2023-01-29T14:43:10Z
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@amerika So we should just accept being maimed and murdered because governments won't build cities for people rather than lethal machines?
(DIR) Post #AS8jCTlXOme6ZsMppA by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-29T15:45:45Z
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@acitta It's not the job of government to do everything for us.If you want to live in a pro-bike city, start one.In the meantime, by the nature of when they were built, cities either favor horses or cars.Horse-cities work better for bicycles.
(DIR) Post #AS8kL72zKpWug5D6Tw by acitta@canada.masto.host
2023-01-29T15:58:31Z
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@amerika Yes it is the job of government to do things for us. We pay taxes. It is the job of municipal governments to make cities livable for people. My city and the other cities in the region are already investing in good cycling infrastructure. One only has to look at the Netherlands to see what is possible when cities build walkable and cyclable streets that are good for people and retail businesses.
(DIR) Post #AS8kX1HMbfXGGNc0Lg by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-29T16:00:40Z
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@acitta Do taxes cover making whole new cities? Of course not. The citizens chose cars over other means of transportation for a reason.The cities of the Netherlands are pre-car, and it is unwise to try to transplant from one nation to another since the two are radically differently situated.
(DIR) Post #AS8n7gUv2A1wQxYyuW by acitta@canada.masto.host
2023-01-29T16:29:41Z
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@amerika It was political decisions to design cities around cars that forced people to choose cars. It wasn't inevitable. The Netherlands built their cities around the car in the 1950s and 60s, just like North America. In the 1970s, people got fed up with the number of children being killed by these death machines, and they collectively decided to go in a different direction. Cities like Amsterdam look very different than they did in the '70s because people made the political decision to change.
(DIR) Post #AS99xChTGOiQ4IPDtY by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-29T20:45:31Z
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@acitta Most of the Netherlands was built before that time.In a small country with shorter distances, that sort of thing might work well.However, that rule does not apply everywhere, and in North America at least, bicyclists probably need new cities they create themselves.
(DIR) Post #AS9AAZ0DefhB0DXt4a by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-01-29T20:47:56.416496Z
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@amerika > and in North America at least, bicyclists probably need new cities they create themselves.@acitta is right: this is something that takes about 50 years, you don't need to build entire new cities, the infrastructure is partially there, but we need to value cycling in order to get there. And step #1 of that is going to be eliminating covid.
(DIR) Post #AS9AUQ0SoOKUtS7xrM by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T20:51:33.269978Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika Theres a reason they we can't keep bikes in cities and its not covid Guess who lives in cities and really covets bicycles
(DIR) Post #AS9ApI7zIdDiXVbFEu by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-01-29T20:54:22.904651Z
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@monsterislandcolonizer @acitta @amerika Here, it's native gangs, and I'm well aware of that problembut the problem is: one way around *that* problem is to do more stuff inside (ie, keeping your bicycle in areas they do not have easy access to)and *that* is virtually impossible with covid
(DIR) Post #AS9B20kBFBzEO9WsAi by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T20:57:37.465587Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika Keeping your bike where covetous minorities can't access them is racism
(DIR) Post #AS9BM9ADeGM4IJJI1Y by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T21:01:15.896265Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika Koreans can't put bullet-proof glass between cashiers and covetous minorities without it being racism, you really think anyone can separate bicycles from those minorities?
(DIR) Post #AS9BRAM0ePZpQwDb4y by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-01-29T21:02:09.631618Z
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@monsterislandcolonizer @acitta @amerika > Koreans can't put bullet-proof glass between cashiers and covetous minorities without it being racismthis is silly> you really think anyone can separate bicycles from those minorities?yes
(DIR) Post #AS9BUDyrchxPYAqnNg by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T21:02:43.473000Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika It is sillyBut it happened
(DIR) Post #AS9BY3PIsSvZuo2kzo by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-01-29T21:03:24.633943Z
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@monsterislandcolonizer @acitta @amerika yeah ridiculous people claim ridiculous thingsthe maximally ridiculous person in north america does not determine anything for the rest of us
(DIR) Post #AS9BaDqZ2AM0s9pQ5g by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T21:03:48.484722Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika But that's exactly how the USA is run
(DIR) Post #AS9BdwCUaIYZIlrBCa by mar77i@gleasonator.com
2023-01-29T21:04:28.544075Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika @monsterislandcolonizer Dude, what's it with your obsession with Joe Biden. He's up to all sorts of crazy shit!
(DIR) Post #AS9Bisa9StIlWlHOYy by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-01-29T21:05:21.801322Z
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@mar77i @acitta @amerika @monsterislandcolonizer Joe Biden is currently the leader of the free world and can push the red button and destroy the world at any moment and kill everyone you've ever met.He is currently *really* goddamn important in the world.
(DIR) Post #AS9BmWVhTA1gEOw208 by mar77i@gleasonator.com
2023-01-29T21:06:01.604060Z
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@jeffcliff @acitta @amerika @monsterislandcolonizer You just said ridiculous already, no need to repeat yourself.
(DIR) Post #AS9BnXr9wxcohCSYhE by monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st
2023-01-29T21:06:12.958324Z
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@jeffcliff @mar77i @acitta @amerika The most important person in the world has no idea that he's just shit his pants