I'd outlaw sauce bottles which make getting it all out harder, especially the ones which don't have the opening at the bottom and make it impossible to put the bottle with the opening facing downwards.
I'd outlaw sauce bottles which make getting it all out harder, especially the ones which don't have the opening at the bottom and make it impossible to put the bottle with the opening facing downwards.
I actually believe personal use cars should be banned completely (so not affecting ambulances, taxis, public transport and so on). I don't think it's a silly inconvinient topic though. I spend 20 minutes commuting to work by bike, by a car or a bus it can be even over an hour, due to how inefficient that type of transit is (not to mention it's ecological and health issues).
Glad you live and work in a place where biking is a viable option, but it’s the complete opposite for me. It takes me 20 minutes to drive to work on a route that would take three hours by bike just because of the sheer distance, and there simply are no bus routes out to where I live. Not saying we should stop advocating for better mass transit and bike-friendly urban planning, but just bear in mind your situation is not representative of everyone else’s.
I don't have other options. It's frequently dangerous and very exhausting as it's a hill-ridden area, but due to the amount of personal use cars, commuting by a bus goes from 20-30 minutes to over an hour as personal use cars create massive traffic. I think it should be mandated for there to be adequate long, mid and short distance public transport with adequate bike lanes and they should also add e-vehicle lanes for e-bikes and so on, since they're very dangerous on bike lanes from my experience. Banning cars is not an overnight feat, but it would resolve many issues. Of course, alongside it housing and remote work issues should need being resolved, to both provide people option not to live near work and to even be able to live near work. There is no simple issues with simple solutions when it comes to society and its planning.
I think the point is, it'd benefit everyone to work TOWARDS this thing being a reality for almost everyone. Just because it isn't doesn't mean it can't be.
Gawd I would kill to bike to work when I’m not WFH. But I’m in the same situation as you, the timings work out about the same (my bike timings are only 1hr30 each way) but that’s an extra MULTIPLE HOURS I don’t get to be home with my cats and partner. Then I imagine how much earlier I’d have to get up… Absolutely untenable.
Uphill both ways? 3 hours riding is 36 miles if you're taking it very slow.
I think realistically you'd have to limit the ban to cities only, at least in the states. We're just too big to not have ANY personal automobiles. There may come a day that changes, but until we're entirely connected by rail or something similar, it's just not a reality.
By your argument, people should not be allowed to live in rural areas. I'm going to use myself as an example. It's about 10 minutes to the nearest grocery store, and a 35 minute drive to the nearest hardware store that carries lumber and sheet goods. Let's say I'm doing improvements on my workshop and I need 20 4x8ft sheets of plywood. I would drive to the store in my full-sized pickup truck, load up the materials I need, and drive them home. On the way back I'm dodging cyclists on my small country road, and the log trucks are driving right down the center of the road because if they stay in their lane, they'll run over a pair of cyclists side by side who are out for a leisurely ride.
What's the alternative when personal automobiles are banned? Should public transit carry all my building materials for me? The cyclists on the road I live on are less inconvenienced by my truck and the log haulers, but at the expense of the people who live here. How do I get my groceries? How do I get to work?