What Americans can learn from London’s war on cars » Yale Climate Connections
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The UK capital has taken major steps to cut auto dependency, but critics say it’s still falling short.
  • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    50·
    13 days ago

    Most American headline ever.

    London doesn’t have a war on cars.

    The US has a war on pedestrians and public transport.

    • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
      221·
      13 days ago

      Also it assumes any type of American governance is capable of learning from the experiences of others.

          • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
            3·
            13 days ago

            Moreso a nation with profound mental health challenges. Like that movie which psychoanalyzed corporations using human diagnostic tools, if you examine American culture that way, we are a deeply, deeply traumatized society. Just as a for-instance, so many of us hate and fear interacting with our fellow citizens (like, preferring the isolation of a car and conceptualizing public transport as full of danger and urine), but at the same time suffering from a major loneliness epidemic.

            We could really do with an adult to force us into therapy.