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policy ideas for driving vs biking

2024-10-22 19:43:46.7936+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

RT 😀🚲 @enobacon@urbanists.social

If you're looking for policy ideas to get people to stop driving, I've got a bunch: try ending the car lane halfway down a block or it's just got a shopping cart or fallen tree branch completely blocking it. If a storm drain clogs and the car lane is flooded, don't worry those people didn't need to go for a drive today anyway. #climateAction #transportation #banCars #legalizeBikes

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Design your car lanes to accumulate broken glass and debris. Block the entire car lane with signs like "road work ahead" and "share the road".

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If there are no car lanes between a neighborhood and the nearby schools or shops, schedule a lot of meetings to talk about how we would like to build them in ten years if we can find the money.

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If someone shows up to a meeting by car, ask if their bike quit working.

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Ask if customers need their parking validated, and when they say they didn't drive give them a cookie but if they did, charge them market rate.

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Spend about $5/mile subsidizing bicycles and when somebody reports that their car was stolen, the police should just chuckle and tell them to fill out a form.

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Say things like "not everyone can drive a car" in defense of protected bike lanes, and insist on accessibility-focussed bike parking with weather protection and good lighting near the door.

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Create bike and pedestrian-scale entrances to your buildings with ease of access to adjacent transit stops. If you have a parking lot for cars, make sure it has just one entrance with a difficult turn and like a shopping cart corral or a rack full of plants in the way.

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