[frabbit]

> Disabled ppl in us are living worse

> than disabled ppl in nl again due to

> car oriented infra.

Car-centered road and sidewalk design is hostile to wheelchair users, people with sight impairments, children, old people on so many fronts:

- noise from vehicular traffic

- the right to progess impeded at every block by having to wait until someone drives their horseless carriage

- the danger of crossing because the licensing process for the self-propelled horseless buggies does not select only for the reasonable and sane

Motonormativity is a loss for everyone except car manufacturers and oil companies.

Even the suckers driving them are cheating themselves out of exercise and experiencing the world.

[Moldoteck]

It's much much more than that. For example in nl ppl in electric wheelchairs/microcars can use bike paths to drive slowly and safely to their destination. Also due to higher density they aren't far from either shops, cafes, other stuff they may need, everything is close-basically they can live relatively normal lives without relying too heavily on others

[Hugsun]

The Netherlands truly are the promised land of urban design.