>>1856709I've got mixed feelings about it. On one hand, now more people understand that we can have decent cities if we considered more than just one mode of transportation. This could, theoretically, lead to more positive change in the real world if the /r/fuckcars types would step away from the screen and advocate for change in the real world. On the other hand, I've noticed two things that annoy me. One, the discourse around urban planning has gone from a bunch of train/bike nerds and engineers shooting the shit about projects they like and don't like and has shifted to discourse over why you're a "good" or "bad" person for making certain decisions and dick measuring over how much of an urbanist you truly are. It's not enough to live "car-free", you've gotta tell everyone how much you hate cars and drivers in a way that looks sad and was never funny like the cagie memes on /n/ used to be. Second, everything has become the lowest common denomiator of memeing. Browsing the internet, I saw one thread that literally was just the repeat of the "just one more lane, bro" meme, and it's pretty much the same in other parts of transit internet.
Basically, the worst parts of breadtube and rose/globe emoji Twitter have infested the transit online community and I'm not sure if any of the positive activism associated with either community will ever come out of it.
