[scottcorgan]

Y'all writing these articles consistently forget about rural areas that both have no consistent internet and no Uber-type services. No food delivery, no grocery store (drive 45 min hour for a real grocery store).

The ideas are great and ideal, but ...

[foxyv]

I think the name of the concept "Anti-Car" is a bit misleading. A lot of people in power want to get cars off the road, but forget the important part, which is "People need to have alternatives that are BETTER"

Well run public transportation is always better than a car. Cheaper, easier, faster, and less stressful. The goal is for people living in urban areas to not need a car. Not for them to have to go without a car. People living in rural areas would still need cars.

We've built our cities so that you absolutely need a car to get where you need to go. Strong towns and Not Just Bikes aren't advocating for the end of cars so much as a re-think of our urban planning.

Imagine driving into town from 45 minutes out and having zero traffic and parking right next to the grocery store. Or even better, being able to drive 15 minutes away to the nearest walkable town, with affordable housing and a market with everything you need. Not needing to drive 45 minutes because car centric infrastructure killed the town and forced everyone to drive hours to a car clogged metro area funded by new development just to get groceries until road maintenance kills that city too.

[alamortsubite]

In the interview they discuss Uber in the context of cities. Which makes sense, because if you look at a heat map of Uber activity, rural areas don't really register. So it's not that anyone's ignoring rural areas. They're just irrelevant to the topic at hand.

[jpindar]

Is there a heat map of Uber activity? That might be interesting.

[occz]

Ok, so let's implement them only in the non-rural areas, where the large majority of the population in Europe and the U.S lives.