Web and app developer. Coffee, beer, and running, in any order.
So, the question is whether we will offer residents transportation alternatives, especially in areas with the greatest population density.
This is the crux of the issue. We, as a metro-area, must give people true transportation alternatives to cars.
Motorists driving in the Castleberry Hill, Downtown and Midtown communities will soon be banned from turning right at red lights. The new law will protect pedestrians as they move around the busiest areas of Atlanta, say city leaders.
Kudos to Atlanta on this.
It still amazes me that we’ve basically let ourselves be manipulated into buying, and even defending, that THIS is what “freedom” looks like. #cardependency
If you support walkability and safe streets but only if zero drivers perceive themselves to be inconvenienced by the infrastructure, then you don't support walkability or safe streets.
Other industries design technology to fail safe; how could we rethink road design and cars from this perspective?
Tracy has a good roundup of links and thoughts on the tension between cars and people.