• Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Better for people with physical handicaps

    At least the people with handicaps that can still drive.

    It actively makes the transportation landscape worse for those without hearing or sight or a mobilty reducing handicap that disallows driving.

    • Beastimus@slrpnk.net
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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, reducing car usage would be much better for all handicapped people (those who can drive get better traffic.)

    • otp
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      3 hours ago

      Yes, I should’ve specified *certain physical handicaps

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 hours ago

      And there small low power cars for people with disabilities that can drive that are still safe for people around them. In some countries like Netherlands they can even use the bike lanes.

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        A wheelchair powered or otherwise should be well accommodated by a city designed around bikes.

        • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I mean we already have people who clearly can’t drive/can’t afford a car riding rascals around but they have to ride them on shitty uneven sidewalks or in the gutter because America