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I have copied that idea from another community. I forgot which one so sorry!

Feel free to discuss that here, I would like that change because it makes it a lot easier

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August critical mass

Emotional support truck, blocking the sidewalk, sticking out into the road and with an empty driveway infront of it.

• Lewis Mumford, 1964

Illustration by Richard Hedman

https://urbanists.social/@straphanger/112683233439228533

Was a beautiful night to mass up!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass_(cycling)

Pros of golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) replacing all private cars within a city:

• Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't a viable suburban commuter vehicle, meaning you'll probably only take it to the nearest transit station
• Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't likely to kill people
• Excellent visibility, so less likely to run over children
• Much smaller and lighter, so building parking garages for park-and-rides would be a lot cheaper and less objectionable than with our current style of cars
• Electric
• Smaller batteries than jumbo EVs
• Compatible with dense, transit-oriented city development
• Could be installed with mandatory speed limiters

Cons:

• Less profit for GM and ExxonMobil

Rüsselsheim, Germany

I would love to see it in more cities/countries, because I use it very often. I don't have the money to buy one for myself so the best that happend was that the city decided a few years ago to make stations where you can rent these bikes for a short shopping trip or to some nice place. They aren't even really expensive too.

Source of Picture (Article in German)

I tried to make it fairly realistic. Obviously I would like HSR absolutely everywhere, but a line through middle of nowhere Montana probably would not see much ridership and would come at extreme cost (especially in the mountains).