Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Wonderland Road
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.
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.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends gcanyon · 2022-11 · on “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]
Cites bo0tzz · 2021-11 · on “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]
Cites jodrellblank · 2023-11 · on “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.