ylai ( ylai@lemmy.ml ) to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoPeople Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in Onewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1416cross-posted to: eric_posts_urls@discuss.online
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minus-squareMatengor ( matengor@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 years ago“What seems to work best is a carrot-and-stick approach—creating positive reasons to take a bus or to cycle rather than just making driving harder.” I guess this is why we shouldn’t only play the “fuck cars” tune but also include melodies like “we love to bike” and “public transport is fun” 😉
minus-squareMuffi ( Muffi@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 years agoPublic transport IS fun! Much easier to masturbate on the train than while driving a car
minus-squareAAA ( AAA@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoUnfortunately it’s easier (say: cheaper) to make driving so expensive and hard that it makes public transport look like the carrot, than actually making public transport more attractive so it actually becomes the carrot.
minus-squareMatengor ( matengor@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoThat’s why the method is called carrot and stick!
“What seems to work best is a carrot-and-stick approach—creating positive reasons to take a bus or to cycle rather than just making driving harder.”
I guess this is why we shouldn’t only play the “fuck cars” tune but also include melodies like “we love to bike” and “public transport is fun” 😉
Public transport IS fun! Much easier to masturbate on the train than while driving a car
Unfortunately it’s easier (say: cheaper) to make driving so expensive and hard that it makes public transport look like the carrot, than actually making public transport more attractive so it actually becomes the carrot.
That’s why the method is called carrot and stick!