Why I’m cycling to Paris | rs21
mercredi 2 décembre 2015 à 20:02@jeekajoo links
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We live in a society where private ownership of vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine dominates. This provides around 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the USA and is probably similar across the developed world.
This is not the result of “lifestyle choices”. The transport system as a whole will not change just because a few people decide to give up their cars. Huge numbers of car drivers and owners do not have that choice, dependent as they are for cars to ferry children to school, drive long distances to work, etc.
It is the result of political decisions. Public transport services – buses, trains – have been cut as a result of political decisions, as governments seek to reduce the tax burden on big business. Tram services were completely abolished for many years in Britain as the result of a decision by the British government in the early 1930s, as they attempted to promote car ownership in order to boost the British motor industry.
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But we are demonstrating that, given the political decisions that would remove many of the difficulties that cyclists face, given a political decision-making process that prioritises people before profit, a means of transport with a lower carbon footprint than the motor car is practical. We are showing that cycling is a practical means of getting from one place to another, even for the non-sporty.
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Si y'a si peu de gens à vélo, c'est surtout politique/historique. Ce n'est pas nécessairement un choix de vie que de prendre la voiture. Il faut tout repenser l'urbanisation, les modes de transports, ... Cela passe par de la politique. Et c'est pour cela qu'elle manifeste pour la COP21 : afin de montrer que le vélo n'est pas qu'un sport, c'est une alternative crédible à la voiture qui permet d'aller d'un point A à un point B.
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We live in a society where private ownership of vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine dominates. This provides around 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the USA and is probably similar across the developed world.
This is not the result of “lifestyle choices”. The transport system as a whole will not change just because a few people decide to give up their cars. Huge numbers of car drivers and owners do not have that choice, dependent as they are for cars to ferry children to school, drive long distances to work, etc.
It is the result of political decisions. Public transport services – buses, trains – have been cut as a result of political decisions, as governments seek to reduce the tax burden on big business. Tram services were completely abolished for many years in Britain as the result of a decision by the British government in the early 1930s, as they attempted to promote car ownership in order to boost the British motor industry.
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But we are demonstrating that, given the political decisions that would remove many of the difficulties that cyclists face, given a political decision-making process that prioritises people before profit, a means of transport with a lower carbon footprint than the motor car is practical. We are showing that cycling is a practical means of getting from one place to another, even for the non-sporty.
"""
Résumé rapide à l'arrache de l'article:
Si y'a si peu de gens à vélo, c'est surtout politique/historique. Ce n'est pas nécessairement un choix de vie que de prendre la voiture. Il faut tout repenser l'urbanisation, les modes de transports, ... Cela passe par de la politique. Et c'est pour cela qu'elle manifeste pour la COP21 : afin de montrer que le vélo n'est pas qu'un sport, c'est une alternative crédible à la voiture qui permet d'aller d'un point A à un point B.
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