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Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  With internet, mobile phones, computers, travel seems to be way less necessary than before

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  • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was referring to the city planners as @EtherWhack@lemmy.world correctly guessed.

    I also have worked from home* for almost two decades. But the non-work travel is still stained by the horrible planning in most urban sprawls.

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I dunno for some years now city planners and their education has had increased focus on public transit, walkability, 15 minute cities and whatnot.

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      • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not in Canada. Not in the US.

        Over here we are actively gutting existing bicycle infrastructure to please the right wing morons

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• bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Gotta love capitalism breeded innovation.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  more necessary

  I haven’t had a commute in over a decade

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think they’re referring to how vehicle-centric planning for cities is more common (as opposed to walking or human-powered locomotion, like biking or skating)

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    • BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s mainly the US though. Here in the Netherlands they are planning cities with the intent to discourage car use as much as possible.

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      • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Also Canada where the majority of experience comes from. If I could see some my taxes going towards a Euro-style infra for moving people and things I would be a much happier person overall.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But it’s also become less necessary as we have much improved telecommunications. I regularly work with people halfway around the world from my house.

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  • Bo7a@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ditto. But the rest of the travel we do need to do to interact with people, amenieties, and services, is still worse than it should be due to poor inter-city and city-rural transit. At least here in Canada. My time in Europe showed me how bad we really have it. Even with the unavoidable foibles that happen in the best of cases/countries.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah. The small town I used to live in had trolley service to the nearest city about 20 miles away before they tore it up for a highway.

      I solve this problem by rarely leaving my home.

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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Travel is much, much cheaper than it used to be.

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