>I'm amazed that so many people who consider themselves inclusive in their thoughts don't realize how exclusionary anti-automobile policies are. As someone who suffers from mild arthritis, the trip to the back of a Wal-Mart can be painful for me, and a walk or bike ride across a city block absolutely foreboding.
Oslo, and European cities without or with much less cars, have tons of people with arthritis as well and they're doing just fine. A walkable city will be even more welcoming for things like powered wheelchairs, healthier to breath for everybody, and will have low cost (and in some cases in here, free) mass transportation.
>Consider that everyone's circumstances are not the same as yours. Have some compassion for your fellow humans.
Yeah, because nothing says compassion like car ridden cities, and urban areas designed around driving.
Oslo, and European cities without or with much less cars, have tons of people with arthritis as well and they're doing just fine. A walkable city will be even more welcoming for things like powered wheelchairs, healthier to breath for everybody, and will have low cost (and in some cases in here, free) mass transportation.
>Consider that everyone's circumstances are not the same as yours. Have some compassion for your fellow humans.
Yeah, because nothing says compassion like car ridden cities, and urban areas designed around driving.