car centric mentality

[smilingcat]

cartoon depicting the problem of car centric thinking.

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.