Megan Lynch (she/her)
"Ban cars" is short, catchy among a certain crowd, easy branding. But it is not only not going to persuade as many people as you want to persuade, it's telegraphing that you don't care about making shut-ins of disabled people. And I have a problem with that.
I think we need to *drastically* reduce car use. But to do this successfully and also ethically, you need to dismantle your ableism (and other systemic oppressions that affect policy objectives & how we rebuild). #Ableism #Accessibility
Megan Lynch (she/her)
I think most abled people are physically capable of riding cycles and doing a lot of what they currently use a car for. And we can increase the % of folks doing so. We can fight for increased public transit and going fare-free. But unless you are listening to disabled ppl, involving disabled ppl, co-leading with disabled ppl, your solutions will be ableist... It's not like pubtrans as it currently exists is accessible! If you're not joining disabled ppl in these fights, how are we to trust you?
Megan Lynch (she/her)
"Ban cars" has to be matched by equal or even more zeal to make things accessible. It just has to be.
Because "ban cars" is not the same as "most people can go without cars". It is ableist to say "ban cars" before you've shown equal ire for inaccessibility. And, frankly, I haven't seen that from the "ban cars" crowd. So you sound like "fuck disabled people" when you say that. #Ableism #Accessibility
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