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In a busy downtown there shouldn't be cars at all

20 is pretty slow, that's going to cause conflicts with cyclists that want to go 30.

E-scooters shouldn't be sharing the footpath, they should be in the cycle lane with other similar vehicles.

If there's not enough space in the bike lane for bikes and scooters, that's only a reason to build more and bigger bike lanes.

In my experience cars do that all the time, and the only reason it doesn't happen more is because all our laws and infrastructure has been built to ensure that cars get absolute priority. Let's be clear, the reason we are having this debate is because 90% of our transport corridors have been surrendered to only cars, while the rest of us are left squabbling over the few tiny un-prioritized slivers that aren't blocked by yet more cars. We need wider footpaths, and wider better cycle lanes to allow e-scooters to travel at higher speeds. This space is avalible by slightly shrinking the traffic lanes.

in-lane is the only option for them to pass and the lane is too narrow for that.

In this case the correct thing to do legally is to take the whole lane, but I get that having cars honking at you is stressful.

Conversely, I'm so opposed to the enshitification that I've carefully tailored my internet usage to places that aren't shit and have no prospect of becoming shit, like Lemmy. Since I don't even have the motivation of not supporting an evil company, I'm more addicted that ever.

The way to achieve this is with a land value tax. Undeveloped land and developed land are taxed the same, so the owner is incentivised to maximize the development to make as much money as possible to offset the LVT.

There's no issue with driving whatever on private property. But driving a professional vehicle on public roads should require a professional license.

Idk man, some people wear high heels. $10 shoes can't be worse than that.

Refusing to see a movie their partner wants to see with them is a sensible red flag. I think it would be higher if it was phrased generally rather than specifically about Barbie.