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    Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Wonderland Road

    Not Just Bikes

    1 HN recommender · recommended in 3 months, 2021–2023

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    11:08 · 846K views · Oct 25, 2021

    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.

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

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @gcanyonNov 2022· in “The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths”

      Not Just Bikes on YouTube covers road/pedestrian/bike safety extensively. [LINK] Specific videos: Crossing the street should be safer: [LINK] How to quickly build a cycling city: [LINK] Wasting money on car infrastructure: this video The wrong way to set speed limits: [LINK] Safe cycling: [LINK] "Stroads" are dangerous: [LINK]

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    2. @bo0tzzNov 2021· in “The Stroad”

      > I can't find the exact video right now I think that's probably because it was a Patreon exclusive ;) However, his recent video includes a similar comparison: this video

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    3. @jodrellblankNov 2023· in “280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars”

      Haha, but it is though: this video "Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Wonderland Road" - on the road widening project of Wonderland Road in Toronto.

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