cars.destroyed.our.cities @CarsRuinedCity
This account highlights historical, modern and statistical comparisons on why highways, parking lots and stroads ruined our cities for the automobile. instagram.com/cars.destroyed… Joined August 2022-
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Chicago-Detroit and Paris-Strasbourg are equidistant city pairs. The Paris-Strasbourg route takes less than 2 hours, with 5x as many trains per day. Chicago-Detroit takes 5h 30m, despite covering the same distance.
The “profession” of traffic engineering:
Fewer cars = less pollution. Simple as that. Source: @Qagggy
If car infrastructure was built like bike lanes are.
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Chicago-Detroit and Paris-Strasbourg are equidistant city pairs. The Paris-Strasbourg route takes less than 2 hours, with 5x as many trains per day. Chicago-Detroit takes 5h 30m, despite covering the same distance.
I’m now “The Scooter Guy”
We found @the_transit_guy transit-ing!!
Rail extension in California! 🤩
BIG NEWS: The Transportation Agency For Monterey County expects construction for the Caltrain rail service extension to start as early as Summer 2025. This will connect service from San Jose to Salinas and Gilroy.
“You are tearing down history” The history:
@austintexasgov So.. more15 minute cities? You are tearing down history of Austin for these? Austin was the way it was because of its originality now it’s just a bunch of yuppies in 15 minutes cities .
@Janstep5 @CarsRuinedCity Not yet, but for sure: one more lane will fix that
@CarsRuinedCity It is like a parasite has fed on its host until nothing left is recognizable. The body moves but the soul has long left the carcass.
I honestly believe cities that look like this could demolish their highways tomorrow and not only be fine — they would experience a development and economic boom beyond our wildest imagination
Nothing to see here, just a completely normal quantity of freeway infrastructure for a city of barely 2 million
Nothing to see here, just a completely normal quantity of freeway infrastructure for a city of barely 2 million
It’s 8:20 AM in Austin and the streets are this wide and this empty. You sure there’s no room for better bike infrastructure?
The “profession” of traffic engineering:
@groindexter @CarsRuinedCity You might be interested in my thread of times when birds have made themselves the main character in my photos. x.com/Qagggy/status/…
After this trip, I just know I’m going to be an even more insufferable whiner about the quality of public space back home than I already am.
Fewer cars = less pollution. Simple as that. Source: @Qagggy
Louisville is set to see a 456% increase in the length of its protected bike infrastructure this year. 1.28 miles 😱
Watch --->>> This video shows how the Inner Loop tore through neighborhoods, parks, churches and businesses starting in 1951. Produced by @SegByDesign and you'll meet Adam Paul Susaneck tonight on @news10nbc at 5. This is what filling in the Loop is designed to repair.