I would love more policy that supports transportation solutions that don’t continue the dominance of automobiles, which have far greater negative effects than just accident death and injury. How they shape our built environment and sociality alone are reasons enough to phase them out.
Yes, but while we wait for that revolution people are dying. I’d be very happy with a city with no private cars; only busses, bikes, and a handful of specialized delivery vehicles (including for wheelchair users). But no one has a plausible path for that to happen in the US in my lifetime.
Certainly not going to happen if we don’t work on it. I’m ok working on things my children might benefit from after I’m gone. A person who’s been hit by cars twice
When tens of thousands of people die every year, I’m a little more impatient.
“Sorry your kid got run over by that 80yo who should have had a lifetime Waymo pass, but we are really determined to let the unattainable perfect where she rides a bus be the enemy of the attainable good”
I can tell you feel strongly about this. Peace out.