![[A timeline chart entitled Typical Urban Planning Opinion Progression, marked by single panel scenes.] [Scene 1, Cueball and Megan are talking.] Cueball: I wish there wasn’t so much traffic to get into the city. They should put in more lanes. Megan: And more parking. Parking is so bad here. [Scene 2, Knit Cap and Ponytail are talking.] Knit Cap: I have to go to Amsterdam for work next week. I hear they all ride bikes there. Ponytail: Bikes are fine but people shouldn't ride them in the street! I worry I'm going to hit someone! [Scene 3.] Cueball: It would be nice if we had better transit options! I tried a scooter. It was fun, but I wish there were more bike paths. [Scene 4.] Megan: It's funny how widening roads to speed up traffic makes them more dangerous to walk near, making driving more necessary and creating more traffic. Really makes you think. [Scene 5.] Knit Cap: Visiting the Netherlands was cool! Amsterdam is really neat. [Scene 6.] Cueball: We've ceded so much of our land to storing and moving cars, with the rest of us tiptoeing around the edges and making drivers mad for trespassing on "their" space. Even though we're the ones in danger from them! [Scene 7.] Megan: Those giant trucks with front blind spots that keep hitting kids should be illegal. [Scene 8.] Knit Cap: We should be more like the Netherlands. They design their street to prioritize... [Scene 9, Cueball is frustrated.] Cueball: The problem is car culture. It's systemic. I don't know if we can fix it. [Scene 10, Megan’s arms are thrown out, and her hair is bedraggled.] Megan: People approach road planning decisions from the point of view of drivers because that's how we're used to interacting with the city, so we make choices that make it more car-friendly. It's a vicious cycle. [Scene 11, Knit Cap is walking around with two Netherland flags raised in his hands.] Knit Cap: Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands! [Scene 12, Cueball is talking to Megan.] Cueball: Anything that makes a city a worse place to drive in makes it a better place to live, short of scattering random tire spikes on the road. [Scene 13.] Megan: Honestly, I think the city council should consider the tire spikes thing.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/f1cd4b53962996d1ec4d3db3bee216c8/763fde3c39e42157-ac/s2048x3072/9126deff8e692bea3c8395d595bea2defc007c39.png)
ALTIf they're going to make people ride bikes and scooters in traffic, then it should at LEAST be legal to do the Snow Crash thing where you use a hook-shot-style harpoon to catch free rides from cars.
Urban Planning Opinion Progression [Explained]
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Surprised I don't see an @amtrak-official reaction on this one yet lol
This is genuinely the progression of how people think, but seriously try to avoid becoming a Dutch Nationalist when getting into urban planning
