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moon ,

They don’t want people driving cars because they want them driving big dick TRUCKS. With legally mandated truck nuts of course.

werefreeatlast ,

Maybe all should use 1 big ass monster truck with the biggest diesel engine they can find in it?

A_Random_Idiot ,

What kind of liberal bullshit is this, asking us PROUD AMERICANS to stop using OUR FREEDOM CARS for some bullshit liberal environmental WOKEISM?!

/s

nifty ,
@nifty@lemmy.world avatar

Texas is what happens when conservatives have unchecked power to govern. People governing on complex issues like climate science based on nothing but “gut instincts”

MajinBlayze ,

If by"gut instincts" you mean “gets me paid”

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

My gut instincts tell me that the people who are smarter than I am and actually checking out the cause of and what might happen because of global warming are probably at least 95% right about the things they say and the other 5% is just semantics.

Bosht ,

I have a friend that works in Texas and his IT department literally forced all their employees who have been WFH since COVID to start coming into the office 5 days a week again. So literally the opposite of what this article is stating. Companies need to be held liable for this shit, especially if they have infrastructure in place to easily adopt WFH.

angstylittlecatboy ,

Unfortunately there are only a few cities where this is a reasonable ask in the United States, and none I know of are in Texas. Most are in colder parts of the country.

The Texas state government’s path forward here is to do what they can to pedestrianize and densify their cities, but that’s a long term project.

Tygr ,

Rules for thee but not for me.

AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

Weren’t they supposed to use horses in Texas anyway? When did they switch?

baronvonj ,
@baronvonj@lemmy.world avatar

We did, but OPs mom moved away.

bradorsomething ,

Also, can you guys cut back on the BBQ?

Fungah ,

Yes. Please. Dispose of it all in some sort of pneumatic tube system that sends it straight to Canada please.

Nachorella ,

I used to live in a very car dependent city and now I’m somewhere that I can easily walk or bike anywhere I need and get there within 15 minutes and I am very grateful for that. Our biking and public transport infrastructure keeps getting improvements, too, which is awesome.

If they want people to use their cars less they need to start making that an actual option. This is not on the individuals but the government.

People are pretty predictable ultimately, we take the path of least resistance most of the time. If it’s quicker or cheaper or easier to do something one way then we’ll do it that way.

spyd3r ,
@spyd3r@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’m calling bullshit. Walking for 15 minutes puts you in a circle about 1-2 miles in diameter, a bike, maybe like 5-6 miles in diameter. You simply cannot pack every place you would want to regularly go to, into an area that small, and still have room for people to live unless you severely restrict your lifestyle and become a hermit, or live in Kowloon Walled City.

Nachorella ,

I appreciate your maths but you’d be pretty surprised how much stuff can fit in that area. I probably also live in a very ideal spot in my city, it’s certainly not the case for everywhere. I’m pretty much right between a suburb full of housing and our ‘nightlife’ area. And the inner city where I work is just next to that. I am not exaggerating that I can get to work on my (e) bike in 15 minutes. And there’s heaps of things in that area. It’s a big place, though, so sometimes I do need to get an uber but I often go weeks and months without needing to.

LodeMike ,

Oh! They’re building more public transportation?

GrayBackgroundMusic ,

As a former Texas resident: The Texas government can fuck alllllll the way off with that. Design a city that doesn’t need cars and people won’t need to use them. Residents HAVE to use cars because the place is so fucking unfriendly to pedestrians.

Wogi ,

Houston is one of the worst cities I’ve ever been to. Fuck you if you’re trying to walk anywhere, fuck you right in the heart. That includes if you’re walking to and from your car. massive truck

Also fuck you are you trying to drive? You fucking crazy?

I’ve hated only a small number of cities I’ve visited. Denver comes to mind, Los Angeles, Wichita Kansas, and if you took all the hate I have for those three cities, injected it with hgh and heroin, it would be a small shadow on the wall for the pure unadulterated rage I have for Houston Texas.

Gary Indiana wasn’t as hostile. Fucking Ferguson during the protests wasn’t as hostile. And I saw a carjacking 10 minutes after stepping off the fucking plane thé last time I was there.

Fuck Texas. Give it back to Mexico.

vaultdweller013 ,

Mexico doesnt deserve that burden, lets just burn it down and declare it a national park.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

I think you mean meth, not heroin. Heroin would have the opposite effect

tiredofsametab ,

I will very slightly disagree. You can live without a car in Houston in some areas so long as you work in the same area (or from home) or one nearby with bus service. I lived in the Montrose and could mostly walk/cycle to anything I needed.

That said, most places in Houston are going to be a lot more difficult for that or impossible. Had I lived that close to the job that moved me to Houston, it would have been in one of the higher-crime-rate areas and not good for walking.

Jericho_One ,

As a fellow former Texas resident, I can confirm and endorse this statement.

The Texas government can fuck alllll the way off with that…and many other things cough cough women’s rights cough cough

neclimdul ,

As a pedestrian in one of the mentioned cities, this is accurate. We have an ok bus network but the schedules are terrible and getting around on foot is dangerous and it’s like 100 degrees out with 90% humidity. Very few people put up with it and literally no one will because of this.

bolexforsoup ,

It’s ok Abbott will reassure us it’s all nonsense and defund anything environmental before they can do anymore damage to the god fearing Texan minds that depend on his leadership.

BigMacHole ,

Why would Republicans are about pollution? Pollution hurts WOMEN!

MossyFeathers ,

Yeah, that’s not happening lol. Politics aside, public transportation is too shit for that and you’ll just get run over if you try to bike anywhere that doesn’t have a bike path/lane.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Might get ran over even with a bike lane.

All those super friendly peeps in big trucks that’ll stop to help you out if you’re in the ditch! (lol. Right.)

Drusas ,

That's why everywhere needs protected bike lanes. You put some sort of concrete barrier between the bike lane and the car lane. It's great.

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