Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

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    3 months ago

    Not sure where you drive, but those cars aren’t spaced at all- they’re very close to bumper-to-bumper, which you can only do at extremely low speeds that unrealistic for travel. Meanwhile, the people that are bundled together ARE actually capable of moving like that, though the average american (who has a larger ‘personal bubble’ that other cultures) would probably not like it.

    Moreover, the car example could actually be worse than it appears- because they’re taking up all lanes of a road, so you’re assuming they’re coming AND going, which none of the other examples are assuming. If you did it properly, the line of cars would be two wide and twice as deep!

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      3 months ago

      I understand your argument but there is a clear bias here. Unless youre in an exceptionally denly populated area, people dont travel this close to one another. Most leave at least 1-2 humans gap between eachother, especially if there are wheelchairs, kids and prams involved.

      Thats all my argument was, the cars are spaced out per lane (albiet bumper to bumper) but the side to side space is not consistent with the walkers. You could fit cars in between the cars with how they are spaced in that pic. I live in a victorian town where the roads force you to drive wingmirror to wingmirror

      Im on the fuckcars space here, trust me I agree cars need to be phased out/down but thats no excuse for bias in data

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        3 months ago

        I understand your argument but there is a clear bias here.

        Welcome to fuckcars. Nobody is here to have an honest or productive discussion, this place only exists to let people vent.

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          3 months ago

          Yeah tbh it’s a problem of mine, I expect too much from the average user.

          thanks for grounding me