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What are actually all the problems of the car-centrism and car-centric planning of the last 80 years?
>requires enormous amounts of parking space, all of which is basically dead space from an urban planning perspective and makes these areas substantially more unpleasant
>urban roads carve up cities
>these two problems become especially in cities with layouts from pre-car times quickly problematic (every square meter where cars aren't explicitly banned getting quickly clogged with them)
>extends normal travel distances to the point every other method of transport, like public transit, walking and cycling, quickly starts to become uneconomic and uncompetitively slow
>especially at fast speeds, cars produce large amounts of noise pollution
>severely limits the mobility and independence of anyone who either can't (children, elderly, disabled, poor) or doesn't want to drive
>this in turn forces parents and relatives to constantly act as chauffeurs for them
>alternatively forces people to rely on expensive taxi or similar services
>forces people to continue driving regardless of their ability to do so (for example elderly who are increasingly unfit to drive and would like to give up their license, but can't because it would massively impair their basic mobility and independence)
>makes the financial ability to own and operating a car necessity for basic participation in society
>worsens health by eliminating even the smallest bit of walking or other physical activity while traveling outside the immediate vicinity of one's destination (and occasionally even that when you pick up your food from the drive through and eat in the parking lot)
What problems am I still missing on this list?
>requires enormous amounts of parking space, all of which is basically dead space from an urban planning perspective and makes these areas substantially more unpleasant
>urban roads carve up cities
>these two problems become especially in cities with layouts from pre-car times quickly problematic (every square meter where cars aren't explicitly banned getting quickly clogged with them)
>extends normal travel distances to the point every other method of transport, like public transit, walking and cycling, quickly starts to become uneconomic and uncompetitively slow
>especially at fast speeds, cars produce large amounts of noise pollution
>severely limits the mobility and independence of anyone who either can't (children, elderly, disabled, poor) or doesn't want to drive
>this in turn forces parents and relatives to constantly act as chauffeurs for them
>alternatively forces people to rely on expensive taxi or similar services
>forces people to continue driving regardless of their ability to do so (for example elderly who are increasingly unfit to drive and would like to give up their license, but can't because it would massively impair their basic mobility and independence)
>makes the financial ability to own and operating a car necessity for basic participation in society
>worsens health by eliminating even the smallest bit of walking or other physical activity while traveling outside the immediate vicinity of one's destination (and occasionally even that when you pick up your food from the drive through and eat in the parking lot)
What problems am I still missing on this list?
