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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

I took this awhile ago and thought maybe someone would be amused by it. I miss that car.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Northern_Railway

> The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a 183-mile (295 km) electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland, Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico, and Woodland and ran interurban passenger service until 1941 and freight service into the 1960s.

Rüsselsheim, Germany

https://insideevs.com/news/693753/civilized-cycles-semi-trike/