We lose something when we give up horses for cars.
Have too many of us outsourced our ability to raise horses for transport?
Surely you're capable of walking all day without break?
Have too many of us outsourced our ability to raise horses for transport?
Surely you're capable of walking all day without break?
Although, congestion pricing is a good counter-example. On the surface it looks like it is designed to benefit users of public transportation. But turns out it also benefits car-owners, because it reduces traffic jams and lets you get to your destination with your own car faster.
Designing everything around cars hurts everyone including car owners. Having no option but to drive everywhere just sucks.
Network/snowball effects are not all good. If local businesses close because everybody drives to WalMart to save a buck, now other people around those local businesses also have to buy a car.
I remember a couple of decades ago when some bus companies in the UK were privatized, and they cut out the "unprofitable" feeder routes.
Guess what? More people in cars, and those people didn't just park and take the bus when they got to the main route, either.
Everybody thinks they're customers when they buy a car, but they're really the product. These industries, and others, are the real customers
So much so that my comment attracted downvotes.
C'est la vie.
But this makes me super weird! This is the whole point of social media bans for kids: if you make it optional, it'll still be prevalent and people making healthy choices will be social weirdos. Healthy paths need to be free and accessible, and things need to be built around them (eg don't assume everyone has a smartphone, etc)