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Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Wonderland Road

Not Just Bikes · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

Not Just Bikes looks at the cancelled plan to spend over $200 million widening Wonderland Road, a stroad in his hometown of London, Ontario. He asks whether the cancellation marks a turning point away from car-dependent development.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mentioned in threads on stroads and road safety as an example of the channel's critique of wasteful car infrastructure.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Not Just Bikes on YouTube covers road/pedestrian/bike safety extensively.”

    Not Just Bikes on wasteful car infrastructure

    gcanyon, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths”

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Topics: stroads, urban planning, road widening, london ontario, car dependency

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