a counterexample of good tactical urbanism in Los Angeles People's Vision Zero, a group painting crosswalks where the city itself won't budge on safety demands (motonormativity is the rule)
replyhttps://www.reddit.com/r/BikeLA/comments/1pl8guj/i_started_a...
>painting crosswalks where the city itself won't budge
replySo, political vandals?
direct action gets the goods.
replyIf you haven't noticed this entire thread is about illicit infrastructure. There could be a moral argument to be had (which you are not making) but no one is denying the vandalism aspect.
But people obviously don't want the "goods", by and large. Otherwise the city would budge.
replyThats such a wild assumption. Your saying the government always folows the will of the public? Theres nothing people want that governments are giving them?
replyunless the city governance is in the pocket of the wealthiest members of the city's population, and those members don't want the goods. I witnessed this first hand in Los Angeles when I lived there.
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replyHuh? Are cities near you known for quick and easy-to-navigate bureaucratic processes?
replyCrosswalks are popular. The issue is more complicated than you think.
reply[citation needed]
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