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rlpw t1_j3lwcu1 wrote

Reply to comment by Old_Distribution9636 in Car owners are always made to be a villain. by [deleted]

I’m curious to why you insist on blaming some other entity except drivers. It’s also curious that you would start this discussion after yesterdays post where a driver yelled racist comments at a biker trying to get a car out of a protected bike lane. It almost seems like you’re justifying the drivers racist remarks because they were driven by some other entity.

And I would also push back on your comment that the roads are “becoming more inconvenient.” They were always inconvenient for everyone except drivers. Now that we’re democratizing transit and making it equitable, drivers are realizing they have to share or give way more of the transit pie.

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djslarge t1_j3lx2v6 wrote

You’re surprised a person who drives a car in a walkable city like DC is deflecting?

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rlpw t1_j3m2f4f wrote

Never said I was surprised. But I’d like them to be more explicit about their victim blaming.

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Old_Distribution9636 t1_j3lxf4q wrote

Oh yeah, transit is NOT equitable in this city.

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rlpw t1_j3o2q43 wrote

Driving is included in “transit” but I assume you mean “mass” and “micro-mobility” transit. Driving is definitely not equitable when you consider the mounting costs, regulations, and responsibilities that driving entails.

Currently mass- and micro-transit are not equitable because of lack of access and emphasis on the needed infrastructure, much of which is caused by the car-centric culture that developed in the US for a myriad of reasons.

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Old_Distribution9636 t1_j3lxcez wrote

  1. Because I can.

  2. This group consistently downvotes everything car related.

  3. If you want to correlate that to prejudiced comments then go for it. Assume intent all you want.

  4. No DC driver will tell you this city is convenient. It literally was built to be inconvenient.

  5. You say blame, I say common ground. I can separate my opinion from reality to try to understand. Can you?

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rlpw t1_j3m27dk wrote

With the way you framed and included negative affect in your original post - I’d argue you don’t separate your opinion from your argument.

You’re frustrated with “inconvenience” while cyclists and pedestrians are “frustrated” with lack of safety and non-car transit options.

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