car centric mentality

[smilingcat]

cartoon depicting the problem of car centric thinking. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BUyWVg1xI&feature=related)

It's pretty sad that there are too many people who think only in terms of cars instead of alternative means of transportation.

I'm not endorsing strongtown.org. I just came across this video and thought about it in terms of cycling and other alternative means of transportation.

[Koronin]

Heck I use my car to get most places, but I like my nice quiet neighborhood street. Hmm, I like my nice quiet neighborhood in general.

[ny biker]

They do the opposite here in Arlington. They make the streets narrower to slow down the traffic, add curb "bump-outs" at intersections to shorten the distance pedestrians need to walk to cross the street, add bike lanes, stuff like that. They also focus the high-density growth along the mass transit lines.

The county government is very pro-pedestrian and pro-bike. Unfortunately many of the drivers around here are not.