Post #1393866

2024-08-31 18:01 UTC

@mdione I used to walk from the hotel to the office in Mountain View in the morning, and walk back at night, entirely alone both ways. Cars and cars and cars, parked and moving for miles, and I was the only person on foot.

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@mdione@en.osm.town 2024-08-31 18:06

@mhoye that reminds me of another anecdote: going to a friend's place for the second time, this time alone, in a city I barely knew, late at night. Took the wrong turn and got lost. Worse, was a commercial area, so nobody except the cars zipping by on the highway I was bordering. Finally meet a cop managing traffic at the end of an event. Asked him how to get my friend's street. "You can't get there walking". Asked how to get there by car. Followed his instructions on foot. Madrid's outskirts.

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@oclsc@mstdn.ca 2024-09-01 16:07

@mhoye @mdione When I lived car-free in suburban NJ I had a similar experiene twice daily, walking the 2km or so between home and work. Only about two thirds of the walk had sidewalk. After six years of that I gave up, left the best job I'll ever have, and moved to a walkable place with decent transit. 30 years ago. I was right.

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