Comment on Our children are victims of road violence. We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The user here is a known car-brained troll. They have a long history of opposing better urban planning.

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  • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a scroll through their history and couldn’t really find any evidence of trolling - but I might not have gone back far enough. Have you got any examples of them trolling you could point us at?

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    • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah they’re being ridiculous. For the record, I generally only drive a car when I have my kid with me. And even then, if I can take the bicycle I will (my kid and I spent an hour travelling by bicycle today).

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So, it turns out it’s from a different user account, but with the same username, on a different instance. I would be shocked if it’s not the same human being behind it.

      But here’s one thread where they’ve done it before. They deliberately insert themselves into conversations choosing to throw ridiculous straw men around in an attempt to pretend that car-brain is normal and good urban planning practices are absurd. Troll tactics, through and through.

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      • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for following that up, I agree it would be very surprising if they are not the same person. And in the other thread it did appear they were trolling, bringing up the “there’s bigger problems” Bob Katter style argument.

        On another note, I’ve got no idea what being car-brained is bit I assume its an insult, so please refrain from such language since insulted people don’t argue well.

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• abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course I’d support better public transport.

  But I’m not really sure what form that would take? The bus from my house to the childcare centre obviously drops us off there when the bus is scheduled to do so, which means I will always face the longest possible wait for the next bus to come by.

  And it’s pretty normal for public transport to go from the outskirts to the CBD, and if you’re not going to the CBD then you’ll need to go there on the way then take another bus out of the inner city.

  I could live in the CBD… then the busses would be great - but I can’t afford that.

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  • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    how we can upgrade PT:

    • higher bus frequency
    • bus route reform (some current routes really suck)
    • more bus lanes on congested routes
    • more bike infrastructure so you don’t have to ride a bus/car/train to get anywhere

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