The Economic, Human Cost of London's Car-Dependency

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Nintentario

Interesting article about London's police charging for Access to Information when other's don't.

The information requested was:

The number of motor vehicle collisions involving a pedestrian from 2021 to present.
The number of motor vehicle collisions involving a cyclist 2021 to present.
The number of reported car thefts 2021 to present.
The number of recovered stolen vehicles 2021 to present.

"Waterloo Regional Police Service, Windsor Police Service and Peel Regional Police all provided CBC News the data for free, and within a few days."

I think it's concerning that our local culture seems to not want to proactively understand how these people are involved in dangerous collisions. Could we not accept the practice of legally requiring road design to change if there's a death caused by traffic?



Specious in which manner? There's no untruth hidden behind the statement - I didn't want to belabour the point that improving cycling and public transit improves private-vehicle congestion. Here's a quick Youtube video explaining: https://sharetheroad.ca/environmental-and-traffic-congestion-benefits-of-cycling/. "Cycling can also reduce congestion and the journey times of other road users, particularly in urban areas." Also, "Investing in active transportation and public transport can also help to reduce congestion, reduce delays from collisions, reduce the unreliability of travel time, reduce fuel and transport costs and improve residents’ ability to access facilities and services."


You're right that "The same lifestyle" is technically changed, but then we're literally becoming the meme of stoning the neighbor who says "We Should Improve Things Somewhat".

Which begs the question... Are we allowed to improve things somewhat?


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My point is we could invest as much as you want on bike lanes and transit and it won't work with the built form and tax rates we have. This is not Manhattan nor is it the Netheralnds. People with similar jobs in London are living on probably twice the space as someone in Rotterdam. I actully agree we'd all be happier and healthier adapting a more European lifestyle but it requires tradeoffs we have consitently not been willing to make.