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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house? (mediacdn.aus.social)

submitted 9 months ago by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

#fuckcars #walkability #urbanism #UrbanPlanning @fuck_cars #walking

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I lived in LA for a few years...without a car!

The transit system was great for me because I worked at a Uni and got direct service door-to-door. It worked just all right for my wife. It was convenient for her, but she worked downtown in a professional office. The kind where people wore suits and the senior people still wore ties (in LA!).

Buses were clean in the morning and full of people headed to work, but on her return trip they would be be...fragrant with a different clientele. This isn't meant to be classist, but she didn't feel safe and was worried about cleanliness. Our drycleaning bills were high.

We were told we could manage for a couple years because we didn't know anyone and so we didn't get invited anywhere. It was true. All of our trips were to popular, well serviced destinations.

That was prescient advice because eventually we did meet people and started getting invited to dinner parties etc. where buses simply didn't run. And a car was purchased.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think safety is a huge thing. As a woman, I can imagine feeling less than secure in such a setting. As a man, it seems okay though

[–] PedestrianError@towns.gay 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@tetris11 @DrBob Women make up the majority of US public transit users whether or not they feel less safe using it than men do so maybe instead of trying to get rid of transit the society should try to be less misogynistic?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea, I assumed men used transit more, but you're right:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/

Getting soceity to be less misogynistic seems like it might be the right way forward indeed (or in any case)

[–] PedestrianError@towns.gay 3 points 9 months ago

@tetris11 One of the many reasons our transit systems suffer from disinvestment while our roads suffer from overinvestment is that transportation planning decision makers are disproportionately white, male, and abled and all of them make enough money that driving is at least an option for them if not a job requirement.