People will say things like what's the point of working to fix our infrastructure, real meaningful change won't be fully achieved within my lifetime. Like don't you want a better world for the next generation, don't you want the youth to not have to suffer like you have?
If it takes hard work and time to accomplish something, start now, we want to a better future as soon as possible, right?
I know that my posts are mostly about transit and urban design, but like this applies to any movement, such as envoirnmentalism or queer, women's and black rights. No matter what you fight for, make sure that you fight for it now, because for things to get better we need to fight
What I want to say is that even if it feels hopeless right now, things will get better if we work for that better future
Exactly, incremental reform and improvement is better than no improvement whatsoever. And that still takes effort for us to achieve
And we are seeing incremental reform right now, we are seeing the largest building of transit in decades in the US with projects like the IBX, California High-speed Rail, LA metro expansions with Measures R and M, Seattle’s Sound Transit 3 plan, the current work on the Atlanta Streetcar extension, the plans for Light rail expansion in Minneapolis and Pheonix and numerous other cities. We are seeing bike infrastructure being build more often than ever, almost every major city has protected bike lanes that weren’t there a decade ago now. Zoning reform to eliminate single family zoning has passed in cities like Seattle and Minneapolis and is even being pushed for in states as red as Kentucky right now
