Regarding able bodied people, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure is generally superior for people with disabilities. Many can’t drive a car, and the same infrastructure that serves bikes can serve e-bikes, mopeds, mobility scooters, etc.

So yeah, the solution here is pretty clear. Stop wasting millions on a failed car-centric transportation system and start building a better one. It’s actually much cheaper than maintaining the terrible system we have now.

Do you need to visit every single location in your city state or county? Or do you need to reach certain amenities and would happily use a closer one of similar quality?

Density matters more than size. People aren’t shopping on the other side of the country. They go to the most convenient option.

You second claim is also incorrect. Most major US cities were built for walking. Unfortunately, they were later demolished because wealthy white people wanted to drive everywhere so they could avoid racial minorities. But they could be rebuilt. Other countries have done this.

Finally someone is gonna do it.

I mean DHS’s primary function under her leadership was human trafficking so…

I mean having 90-year olds on the battlefield might get in the way a bit. But I like the idea behind it.

Yeah normally I defend accounts that are accused of trolling since they’re usually just grumpy, neurodivergent, or hold unpopular opinions but given that I independently already had an interaction with this user on a completely separate topic that made me wonder if they’re a troll, I’m going to say it might well be true in this case.

Is this the one where the judge declared a mistrial on some made up pretext because the first jury pool was too sympathetic to the defendants?

No they’re not lol

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/kissing-bugs/

The boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) is often mistaken for a kissing bug due to its red and black coloration. However, while the kissing bug has six red-orange stripes along the side of its abdomen, the boxelder bug has red along the edges of the front wings.

I have no idea where you got this idea but it’s wrong.

https://npic.orst.edu/pest/boxelder.html

Are you perhaps thinking of kissing bugs???

Your meme suggests the opposite lol

Most US local governments are borderline dysfunctional and can’t build anything. I would love this but I personally see more promise with e-bikes any anything else.

I think the best solution is to allow neighbors to get together and build their own cheap bike infrastructure but that’s still considered a fringe idea right now.

Our governments would rather block solutions than implement them.

Geopolitics aside I love to see less oil going out into the world. Silver linings I guess.

Pretty much any behavioral trait is changeable through natural or artificial selection. That includes intelligence. Actually it’s pretty clear that part of domestication for dogs was making them less intelligent.

Some species may take longer, and it’s generally a slow process. I doubt these animals will be domesticated during our lifetimes but in the future who knows?

This argument is always so silly. Domestication is the process of changing animals so they become more suitable to living with humans. The fact that wild animals aren’t domesticated and therefore have traits that are problematic for that is tautological.

This is a bit of a myth. Many (most?) American cities were designed before the car too. But urban planners in the 20th century went all in on cars and racism and demolished their central cities to to evict all the undesirables and replace them with car infrastructure.

Actually some European cities did this too, but many repaired them later. Still, it wasn’t as common because the racial stuff wasn’t in play and the central cities had way more historical significance.

Admittedly the sheer amount of suburban development we have today is going to be a challenge to roll back. In my view some of it may ultimately need to be abandoned but we’ll see how it plays out. See Detroit for an example.

Are they though? Still way behind European cities.

Well I think part of the reason they don’t is because so few people pay attention to what they’re doing. They just vote based on whether they like what the president is doing instead of educating themselves on local politics where there is actually a big potential to have an impact. In that environment of apathy and ignorance it’s easy for complacency and corruption to flourish.

Modern EVs should handle that distance just fine. I’ve done much longer trips in an EV. Just takes a bit longer to stop for charging but not a huge issue.

Were you looking at the budget used market? Newer EVs can be pricey for sure.

Although the truth is bigger impacts can be made by reducing unnecessary driving than by changing your vehicle.

Makes sense since it’s run by serial killers.

So say we all.