Have you ever actually walked down oxford street?
The pavements are normally crammed, and there are 3 million cars a minute fighting for the road space.
Adding 5x as much space for pedestrians is a fantastic idea.
It’ll be a tiny, tiny minority of people not visiting OS because they can’t park/taxi/bus to the shop front, and a huge number of people going there because it’s a nice experience with no traffic.
I think there are disabled people that aren’t able to travel autonomously/independently and that the public transportation available is a godsend to them.
The whole world isn’t even allowed to drive up there now, so why would anyone, let alone me, argue for that? Don’t be ridiculous.
The whole sub-thread was me saying that this affects some people in negative ways and everyone acting like what I said is the worst thing ever.
Not surprising given that my initial comment was me effectively commenting that the time of big shopping streets is at an end due to the fact that it’s cheaper online but that it would be good for tourism.
I didn’t even use big words, I don’t know what there is to be confused about. 😵💫
Have you ever actually walked down oxford street?
The pavements are normally crammed, and there are 3 million cars a minute fighting for the road space.
Adding 5x as much space for pedestrians is a fantastic idea.
It’ll be a tiny, tiny minority of people not visiting OS because they can’t park/taxi/bus to the shop front, and a huge number of people going there because it’s a nice experience with no traffic.
Sorry, I weren’t looking through my ableist lens properly.
So you think that adding more space for wheelchairs is a bad thing?
Gotcha.
I think there are disabled people that aren’t able to travel autonomously/independently and that the public transportation available is a godsend to them.
Are you arguing the whole world needs to allow driving up to businesses so disabled people can shop?
The whole world isn’t even allowed to drive up there now, so why would anyone, let alone me, argue for that? Don’t be ridiculous.
The whole sub-thread was me saying that this affects some people in negative ways and everyone acting like what I said is the worst thing ever.
Not surprising given that my initial comment was me effectively commenting that the time of big shopping streets is at an end due to the fact that it’s cheaper online but that it would be good for tourism.
I didn’t even use big words, I don’t know what there is to be confused about. 😵💫
Wouldnt disabled folk already shop online?
I was taking issue with the idea that making people walk farther to a place is always bad for disabled people.