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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 14:35:42 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
   Bike supremacy to avoid surveillance-based transportation.
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     chris (chris@s.the-brannons.com)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 15:35:14 JST chris

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     @lanodan I saw the surveillance issues coming 20 years
     ago, when the bank remotely repossessed my girlfriend's car because she
     had missed some payments. They literally locked her out of it using
     a satellite transponder. We can't trust capitalists and authoritarians
     of any stripe with digital tech.
     
     Bikes are cool and we need more of them on the streets. But not all
     of us can ride. Walkable cities FTW. Though I don't see why
     bike-friendly cities wouldn't be foot friendly. And for the people
     who say, "not everyone can walk", a city without cars is also friendly
     to personal mobility devices of all sorts.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 15:35:14 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • chris
     @chris Yeah, I'm pretty sure that if your city is car-dependent then people who cannot drive for health reasons are pretty much locked at home. At least it's what I've seen with family and friends when they would break a limb.
     
     IIRC in France bike lanes are the appropriate path for vehicles like e-wheelchairs and mobility scooters, after all it's at similar speeds and with quite similar safety concerns.
     And I think you need even better than just walkability for manual wheelchairs, after all just few stairsteps can be a complete obstacle for some.