cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16277394
Texas asks people to avoid using their cars
I just find this to be very ironic.
From what I’ve seen of Texas during my visits I have to ask: WTF kind of alternatives are there? Houston is 80% ramps and intersections, and walking practically anywhere is impossible due to the roads effectively dividing up the city.
No matter where you’re going in Houston, you’re going to need a car. It’s among the cities least suitable for moving around without a car I’ve ever been to.
Texas simply put is built for cars. Some new areas are more walkable and bikeable but you are right, it’s not convenient or safe to bike or walk a lot. And cars are still assholes to bikers.
Texas, and America, need a culture change of we want to fix transit.
Texas simply put is built for cars.
No, even Texas was built for people and then bulldozed for cars.
Compare downtown Houston circa 1920…
…to downtown Houston circa 1980:
Fair point, do you know if there is any truth to the idea that the auto manufacturers and the oil Libby “conspired” to make out cities more car friendly and less walkable?
Final edit, since the filter was fixed, here’s the correct URL:
https://theappendix.net/issues/2013/10/local-history-feet-first
An interesting article on the history of how Houston became like that, by a historian trying to walk through it:
Edit: I dunno why, but part of the URL keeps getting removed? Some sort of filter?
https://removedendix.net/issues/2013/10/local-history-feet-first
The website is “the appendix dot net”, but “the app” part of the URL shows up as removed when I post it, never seen this
Edit, test: here I am trying not write “the app” without a space: “removed” 😂
Maybe the new slur filter was being used by your admins and they cocked it up? I can’t imagine why they’d want to censor “theapp”
Do you think it’s an instance level thing? I want to post somewhere and ask. I never gave much thought to what instance I am on, I just kinda looked for a big one when I first learned about Lemmy
In related news, MAGA is asking all Texans to double their “rolling coal” output.
“That’s some liberal commie bullshit” - some Texan probably
“Texas asks people to avoid Texas”.
