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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?

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From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?

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psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Cities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use.
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    For a second I thought this was going to be about some sort of train linrunning from London to New York lol

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      A tunnel. Only for bicycles and pedestrians.

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        Spending weeks cycling through a tunnel would be a mind bending experience. I would totally do it.

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      “Ladies, gentlemen, everyone, 166 years after the first transatlantic cable, here’s the first transatlantic train!”

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      Well that would be much more efficient than driving from one to the other…

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      Just had to pick up enough speed to jump the gap from either direction.

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