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The Publicly-Funded Convenience of Cars

September 27, 2013 by Bernhard

Like most issues, people engage with transportation mainly in an individualistic way. Hence most “debate” about transportation infrastructure, as in this predictable piece, merely amounts to recounting a set of personal anecdotes such as seeing cyclists riding on sidewalks, without extrapolating any broader insights beyond expressing one’s peevishness. Maybe this is just systemic – people are “inherently” selfish (or encouraged to be so), and have great difficulty considering some issue beyond their immediately personal wants and experiences – say on a […]

Categories: Environment, Politics, Toronto, Transportation • Tags: cars, cycling, public transit, transportation infrastructure

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