This kind of stance is common enough with Canadian conservatives. They prattle on about the “war on cars”, all bleary eyed about people “just need to get to work” whenever public transit, climate change, parking or biking comes up.
What do you mean? I am sure he will put in place some shitty measures that will make traffic worse then he can blame Labour for it. They can even use their much loved “since the previous Labour government…” line. And it won’t be over a decade ago they are talking about! Yay!
Next step: “we are a nation of smokers and millions of us smoke daily. We are making the life of these people easier. Stop to the No Smoking areas. If a pregnant woman is present she can go eff herself. Stop to taxes on tobacco.
houses, shops, offices, city centres. parks, they've been waging war on cars for since 1666.
It's about time someone did something to put a stop to them.
It is endlessly frustrating to see the tories have any kind of traction with a narrative of opposing an oppressive or overreaching government direction. They ARE the government, they HAVE BEEN the government since 2010, and before the Blair years they were the government since 1979
this is the most important comment in this whole thread. Sunak – who absorbed the party leadership role as the “continuity candidate” – is trying to pitch his own party as the radical opposition when they’ve been running the country for 30 of the 43 years he’s been alive, and have been more or less electorally unopposed for the entirety of his political career. the amount of unironic opportunitistic populist bullshit he’s got blowing his sails along would be funny if it wasn’t so viscerally horrible
It’s alway funny when a Brit gets really mad at any non-Brit discussing politics and says, “it’s not like the US!” Idk their politicians seem to be trying pretty damn hard to ape whatever the Dems and Republicans are doing.
The Tories here in the UK are trying to emulate the GOP, of that there is no doubt. They’d also force us poors back into victorian era workhouses given the chance.
All of these comments seem crazy to me. Getting mad you’re allowed to go over 20mph? You want to pay rip off fines? I can understand that more parking has the potential to make roads unwalkable and unsafe, I’ve seen the videos about stroads, I totally agree. But the other points seem positive. Are people mad he’s focusing on cars while doing nothing for other bicycling and walkability? Because if this was part of a larger transportation project I think it would be positive, except for the parking issue.
They’re all encouraging more driving, which leads to more pollution and more pedestrian deaths. 20mph speed limits reduce collisions, reduce the severity when they do happen, decrease pollution, and barely has an effect on journey times.
The 20mph part is most infuriating. Obviously not paying ‘rip-off fines’ sounds great but I honestly don’t even know what he’s talking about. But 20mph is great, and from a driving experience perspective the difference to 30 is so arbitrary. How changing that back is letting drivers ‘live their lives’ I have no clue. What if I want to go at 35mph, Rishi?
I thought 20mph speed limits just resulted in cars speeding more and going significantly faster than they would otherwise. Drivers don’t really care about speed limits, they go as fast as they feel comfortable. Therefore we should make drivers as uncomfortable as possible.
All this supposed government overreach that is being railed against was instituted by the tories. Even if these were sincere, genuine, and good proposals the framing is both dishonest and hypocritical.
Further, low traffic neighborhoods are good actually. It’s GOOD that people can walk to places without getting hit by cars.
Bus lanes should not be occupied by normal cars, because then it’s not a fucking bus lane.
Fining local councils for street work taking a long time doesn’t actually make any fucking sense.
I like the sausage and egg mcmuffins, they are 2 for $5 before 10:30am edit: IDK why there’s a problem setting safe speeds around schools. I support public safety efforts
I’m a pedestrian. A car going over 20 mph isn’t getting me to my destination any faster, it’s putting my life at risk to get its driver somewhere faster.
sometimes, even on roads, you’ll find these un-vehicled, squishy beings who are not protected by 4000 pounds of steel. and when these small beings are hit by a large motor vehicle, they can get very hurt. the faster the vehicle is going, the more hurt they get. speed = ouchie. when a car going 20mphs hits them, they can get hurt and scared, but usually, they’ll be okay. but if the car is going very fast when it hits them, they can get a boo boo so bad that it can’t be fixed even by a doctor :(
How are you going to transport material goods without cars and trucks? How will doctors get to patients? I hope you pledge to never own or rent a car, and you never ride in someone else’s car because you think they should be illegal. Next time you are in someone’s car tell them you think they should be arrested for driving a car.
Yes cargo bikes are really cool and should gain popularity but this suggestion makes me realize that the people commenting here are not qualified and not capable of understanding infrastructure needs. Materials can weigh hundreds and thousands of pounds and need to be transported long distances. People’s lives depend on the ability to have food, shelter, and medical care. An army of cargo bikes won’t provide the bandwidth required to maintain society. People advocating against road vehicles should feel free to choice their opinion. But this discussion of prohibiting vehicles is not based in reality and could not realistically be considered.
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