Comments by "weetikissa" (@weetikissa) on "Can we make cities car free?" video.

@Anti Tengu City-to-city by train or river raft, from cargo hub to destination by cargo bike. The Netherlands is already leading the way. You just gotta build good bike lanes everywhere and prevent sprawl.
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The claim isn't really true either. Only through-traffic is forbidden, so you need to drive on the figure 8 to get from neighborhood to neighborhood by car, but many, if not most, streets are open to local car traffic.
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@Anti Tengu I have moved across a major city with nothing but a cargo bike. I moved cabinets, beds, computers... There is virtually nothing that you can't transport with the right type of bike. I know this from experience. And what major city in Europe lacks a train connection?
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@sagichnicht6748 Bollards. Hella bollards. Retractable bollards, regular bollards, bollards that swivel sideways, artwork, plants, or boulders that double as bollards. Bollards everywhere.
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They can ride mobility scooters on bike lanes like they do in the Netherlands.
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@sagichnicht6748 Yeah, so if you're not driving on a major street, that means you're always going to be a few hundred meters away from your destination. But cyclists get to zip right through the bollards and get from compartment to compartment directly and with ease. It's always fun to browse Google Maps and see how different areas of the Netherlands have pulled off that very same trick. Like, for example, Amsterdam is an extreme example of this. Just for fun, look up car directions between the New Church and the Old Church in Amsterdam. The distance is literally 10x longer by car than if you were to walk or cycle, and that's only because cars have to take the long way 'round on the bigger streets instead of cutting through the busy shopping streets.
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@RoScFan Motorcycles can drive through but they don't. Trikes and cargo bikes fit through as well.
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People call that a subway / metro. What Elon is building is an extremely low capacity subway for rich people.
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@Andrew1680 Cars were in a lot of ways an improvement over the horse. The feed/fuel was cheaper, there wasn't any poop all over the streets, and cars don't need to sleep. The problems began when cars started replacing public transport and bikes as well. It's not like cars in tunnels weren't a thing before and we already know what happens when you try to inject more and more cars into a city.
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