Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    That and the fact that cars have a much bigger distance radius. So everything can be spaced out more.

    15 minute walkable cities are cool. But lets not pretend like you can’t drive 2 towns over in 15 minutes by car to reach what you need.

    Fuck cars, but that isn’t really an argument.

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      2 months ago

      I completely agree, i live in a city where i can get everything within 15-20min walk. But unfortunately there are about 50-100 people within 25m of my living room at all times and i would rather have some space