I believe you, but I'd still like to see it first.
Nouveau_Burnswick
Why didn't the eagles simply drop Frodo an e-bike?
Yes we do. REM in Montréal, skytrain in Vancouver
Sure, but it is about 4% as many injuries as cars, and about 0.2% as many fatalities. https://medium.com/vision-zero-cities-journal/the-myth-of-the-demon-biker-64cb24939cd6
Also, the majority of these collisions are caused by not having proper segregation of road users. Cyclists and pedestrians get slammed into the margins of roads dedicated to cars, causing the conflicts.
Adopting zision zero solves the problem regardless.
The vast majority of far right recruitment seems to be focused on young men without healthy outlets for masculinity. Fight Club (1999) was built on the same principle. We often decry the outcome, but I think efforts should be more focused on avoiding the conditions that lead to this in the first place.
Anti-immigration sentiment is an outcome of income inequality.
Healthy masculine outlets like scouting and sports seem to be reducing.
Community outlets took a dive through COVID. Increasing sense of community can divert some of that energy to positive outlets.
Presumably, when we build infrastructure, we are doing so because moving people and goods will provide an ROI.
In practice we rarely quantify the ROI, and the whole process is very unscientific.
If you decided to go active transportation instead:
$15Bn would make 150,000km of should bike lanes (enough to cross Canada 19 times) or 15,000km of multi-use path (cross Canada twice).
Or you could build 625 lane km's of road. (So 312.5km of two lane, or 156km of 4 lane)
WHY THE HELL DRIVE AT ALL? 😡
Becuase we make the transition experience for everyone outside a car shitty as fuck in Canada.
I'm big, so id rather it happen to me than someone else.
The new daycare program has had a lot to do with bringing that number down.
Unless it's for roads and parking.