"They want you to drive a car no matter where you live, no matter where you're going, no matter how short your trip is and have to deal with parking and traffic every single time." Yeah so this also sounds ridiculous but is actually the status quo. Improving bike infrastructure and public transport doesn't mean being forced to never use a car. It means you have more options than just using your car for every single little thing.
@laakkonen6847
Жыл бұрын
A very good point that would frustratingly fly over most anti-transit people, who will immediately say something like "if you want to ride transit, nobody's stopping you. Just do it. It's called freedom." Choosing to not understand how infrastructure makes one the only practical option.
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
@@laakkonen6847 Last Wednesday was Walk to School Day: we live a quarter mile from the school. Our neighbors drove to the nearby parking lot from which the walking to school festivities would commence, walked their kids to school, walked back to the parking lot, and then drove home. Missing the entire point is deeply engrained in car culture.
@haggardjude8880
Жыл бұрын
Wow I didn't know that I would be seeing other investors and beneficiaries of Mr Andres Mckenie, I'm a huge beneficiary of Mr Andres mckenzie's services. I have been earning a living from his trading strategies for the past few months and it has been mouth-warming
@MrAlen6e
Жыл бұрын
Exactly to HAVE THE CHOICE if I'm required to have a car that's a problem itself.
@redsoxfan5240
Жыл бұрын
This is actually the unfortunate reality in North America. People literally drive
@NotJustBikes
Жыл бұрын
Why do they say that people want to force everyone to cycle everywhere? It's projection. Because today in these places, everyone is forced to drive everywhere. And if they were in charge they'd continue forcing everyone to drive. So they assume the people on the "other side" would do the same thing to them. They are incapable of seeing transportation as a selection of alternatives to choose from: to them, it's a religion, and you can have only one.
@saketjawaji1557
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I've been mulling over this thought for a few weeks!
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
I personally think it is "dumber" then that and people not seeing there life working at all without the car so anything that does NOT IMPROVE the CAR infrastructure is an "attack" on that infrastructure but the people trying to "sell" a culture war are the ones that project "death to cars" look at "discussions" towards EV cars and a lot of people bring up "the MAN wants to limit our freedom" due to longer charge times and shorter range it is the culture war that is being "waged" by anybody that WANTS the same as it always was and NOT adapt at all
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
Why is driving to Costco every sunday the only conception of a good life? I'd like to bike to Loblaws to pick up a bag of oranges, and not risk my life over it. This constitutes a step too far? These car-minded people are actually insanely selfish and cruel.
@betula2137
Жыл бұрын
So often it seems, whether consciously or not, certain types just describe themselves perfectly whenever insulting an opponent where the descriptions are less apt.
@franklinfleming1237
Жыл бұрын
Lmao your head ok?
@sharpless
Жыл бұрын
He probably understands that there is no war on cars, but he is targeting a audience that think it is.
@DSRT888
Жыл бұрын
Its also clear in the way he speaks that he's trying to appear reasonable to those who only driver.
@crassirus
Жыл бұрын
He's making up a guy to get votes.
@ireminmon
Жыл бұрын
There absolutely is a war on cars, but the people who believe there isn't are busy repeating the old slogans and maintaining the circlejerk of the like minded, they can't possibly address the concerns of the skeptics
@sharpless
Жыл бұрын
@@ireminmon even though I don't believe anything I write will reach you, there could be a war going on, a war on car dependency. A war to ensure that you don't have to have a car to survive
@sholiss3228
Жыл бұрын
@@ireminmon what do you mean when you say there is a war on cars?
@jameskennedy7093
Жыл бұрын
I know Canadians probably worry about slouching into being like Americans, so as an American I'd like to say that what I've seen of Ottawa looks extremely car-oriented, not only compared to an American city like Philadelphia, but many of the older suburbs outside of Philadelphia.
@centuriashow2124
Жыл бұрын
compared to American cities its size (barely 1 Million people) it's still way less car centric. It has a great and rapidly improving light rail and BRT system, decent walking and biking infrastructure for most of the city center and good density compared to let's say Kansas City or even Minneapolis.
@monty58
Жыл бұрын
Ottawa is a really weird city. It's designed for traffic to get from the suburbs tot he West, to downtown, and back again. If you aren't doing that, getting anywhere is a pain in the ass. The public transit though, if you're doing things along the "main strip", (I don't really have a good way of describing it) is actually pretty good. The rail is ok, there's dedicated bus routes, they actually come fairly frequently, though inconsistent. All it really needs is a few better placed connections between lines, and some better zoning to properly take advantage of it
@dogogamer212
Жыл бұрын
@@centuriashow2124 what's your point? Philadelphia's population is also barely 1 million, IF we exclude the metropolitan area which actually has 5 million. But a metropolitan area really shouldnt count as part of the city as it's mostly farmland.
@altriish6683
Жыл бұрын
@@centuriashow2124 Minneapolis is a lot better on paper than in reality, just saying. It's still a pain to get around on a bike here
@justinwarthen
Жыл бұрын
@@dogogamer212 metro areas should be considered when comparing cities. City borders are very arbitrary. For example, Jacksonville is the 12th largest city in the US based on city borders, but drops to 39th in metro population. Ottawa’s city borders are massive like Jacksonville so it includes much of that farmland and suburbia in its city population.
@NamelessProducts
Жыл бұрын
It’s so funny to me when people say “a more complete transportation” and then argue for the continuation of car dominance because transportation = cars to them.
@blake-gl4wn
Жыл бұрын
They call it a “war on cars” even thou most people who commute by bike also own a car 🙄
@AlexSchwartzATV
Жыл бұрын
Its ironic because it would probably be easier to get around by car if half the cars on the road were now cyclists or people using public transit and not clogging up the streets.
@zacharyb2723
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexSchwartzATV it is, Waze discovered that the most bike-centric country (Netherlands) also had the most satisfied drivers.
@Corvolet5
Жыл бұрын
I mean cars are the best way to get around if you don't heavily restrict them by law. Netherlands and Sweden being the best example. Who wants to pay almost 2 euros a liter just for wanting to travel? It's a method to make the big oil companies richer than they already are
@danielappell3484
Жыл бұрын
Todd Litman studied the subsidies we provide for transportation. On average are tax payer dollars subsidises cars to the tune of 92%, transit is subsidised 7% and everything else gets 1%. By all means balance our support for transportation.
@hendman4083
Жыл бұрын
I have the feeling this candidate thinks that such a distribution is balanced. 🙄
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
@@hendman4083 yup by design 92% drive and 7% take transit - sounds about "American suburb" to me be interesting to see the total city/county/province/national budgets % for automobile at ALL LEVELS including "bail outs" and "grants" for there makers
@PaigeMTL
2 жыл бұрын
Kind of funny, whenever I see a facebook comment about the mayor 90% of the time it’s some snarky remark featuring bike lanes. I’m always wondering why they don’t choose a more obvious failure? Vacancy rates are catastrophically low, the city hasn’t approved enough housing and the parks are filling up with homeless encampments. Needle disposal bins just got added to the park on my road as a bandaid for all this yet these dorks are still just making the same snarky remarks about the few KM of bike lanes that get added each year like its 2012.
@betula2137
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Also 👍
@stickstories2750
Жыл бұрын
Yes! I live in pheonix Az and the homeless problem is troubling because not only is 90% of the city’s open space asfalt which gets to 150f but it’s nearly impossible for a homeless person to hold down a job when they first need to buy a car
@windsabeginning2219
Жыл бұрын
When people like this guy claim to want a “balanced” approach to transportation policy they really mean that they want to keep the status quo of car centric policy.
@crassirus
Жыл бұрын
He's the equivalent of an abuser who gaslights their victim with "well the terrible way I treat you is how you know that I love you! Because I care!" It's just non-cognitive, irrational nonsense.
@bradyrice6631
Жыл бұрын
Can you give examples? I think this fella is just trying to appeal to everyone and if he were to be elected he definitely go the other way: non-car centric.
@peskypigeonx
Жыл бұрын
@@bradyrice6631 If that “everyone” includes people that think there is a war on cars, then it’s going to be mild and negligible and only where car users give scraps.
@bradyrice6631
Жыл бұрын
@@peskypigeonx I'm not sure I understand? I think this guy's trying to play the field with voters so-to-speak; after he's elected, the voters, no matter their affiliation, can't really do much about his policy aside from public forum. I think once he's elected, he'll lean away from cars. I don't see where the "car-defenders" would be able to give any scraps, were he to be already in office. Hope I clarified.
@complainer406
Жыл бұрын
@@bradyrice6631 The infrastructure is currently incredibly off-balance in favor of cars. A balanced approach to new developments will just uphold the imbalance. To take down the imbalance there needs to be a huge push for the modes that are currently underrepresented, but he's labeling that push as "war on cars"
@johnjohnson3390
Жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear a candidate say "war on cars" I know they will never be a champion of public transit or bike lanes - even if they say they will bring a "balanced approach" like this dude said
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
@@WillmobilePlus Did you even watch the video? Look at your typical street cross-section and figure out which mode of transportation dominates. Cars are the *least efficient* mode of transport around when it comes to throughput. A *walking path* of equivalent width actually has more capacity than a car lane. That is why streets are shut down during major events: walking is the fastest way to get people out of an area: other than trains and buses of course.
@PlaystationMasterPS3
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesphillips2285 maybe he thinks cars are demon boxes too. I think it's a rad term and I'm stealing it for unironic use
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesphillips2285 Then why dont we build more of this Train and Bus thing? and why you single out Motorcycle?
@user-gu9yq5sj7c
Жыл бұрын
@@WillmobilePlus If Mark Sutcliffe was nonbias he would say there was a war on noncar transportation too. Which there are people who actively fight against and stigmatize noncar transportation. Not Just Bikes said some drivers give bikers (and pedestrians) punish passes where they drive too close, graze them, or blow smoke in their faces. Cops let drivers get away with parking in bike lanes.
@jaydockerty7192
Жыл бұрын
9:44 "A typical ride to school" That was cheeky, it gave me a good laugh! A very nice subtle way to break up the tension of a serious video.😂👍
@grahamturner2640
Жыл бұрын
Didn’t notice that.
@klobiforpresident2254
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't even go uphill in the snow. I'm not sure what basically driving on a wall like that is, maybe it is going uphill.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
had a "sub compact" SUV in that shot
@itsrachelfish
Жыл бұрын
Lmao that was the best part of this video
@LeeHawkinsPhoto
Жыл бұрын
This is why you need 4WD in the city!
@lizmacg
Жыл бұрын
I literally just biked home from my office on collonade to my home in Kanata this week. It took an hour and I managed to stay out of major traffic for most of the ride with grade separation, but still, chunks of hunt club are terrifying. Suburbanites also want bike infrastructure.
@Atite_Lometen
Жыл бұрын
You are brave, I would ride on the side walk as I often do, I rather pay a fine with my pocket than with my life. Please be safe on those roads. :)
@patriot9487
Жыл бұрын
I live in OKC and I rode to downtown from NW Expressway on a bike and it took a little over an hour. I wish we had better zoning and public infrastructure.
@andrepoiy1199
Жыл бұрын
Hunt Club has 80 km/h speed limit and a painted bike gutter... Who thought that was a good idea?
@tomlarocque4720
Жыл бұрын
There are bike paths everywhere. I rode from Aylmer to Carleton place and back one weekend and I probably spent 3% of that on actual road surfaces. Use your phone and map out your ride.
@patriot9487
Жыл бұрын
@@tomlarocque4720 There's like one path in my city
@Alex_Plante
Жыл бұрын
The problem is many people perceived cycling to be a sport or a recreational pastime, and they do not recognize that for many people, especially people in their teens and twenties, it can be their main means of transport (as well as scooters and skateboards, that are especially practical when you combine them with public transport).
@crassirus
Жыл бұрын
And you can thank the trust-fund-baby son of an author whose only claim to fame was flexing about cycling at 35mph (and how everyone should be legally required to do it) at town/city halls until traffic cycling laws were put on the books. He also hated all bike lanes and actively demonstrated against them.
@Pystro
Жыл бұрын
It can even be the main mode for people in their 70s and 80s.
@lesbianesti
Жыл бұрын
Cycling can definitely be the primary mode of transportation not just for kids and young adults, but middle aged adults and elderly people! I have every intention to never stop cycling
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
@@crassirus Not a fan of John Forester, I see. I think trying to take the roads back from cars was a strategic choice: since bicycle infrastructure is chronically under-funded, and often dangerous when it is just painted on.
@theepimountainbiker6551
Жыл бұрын
People with disabilities too
@electricerger
Жыл бұрын
As an Ottawan living in Kanata I definitely have thoughts on biking. I used to have to walk to work because of bad bus schedules and rural roads that were much safer to walk than bike. After moving a km west, I got access to a bike path and my commute is so much nicer. I can walk or bike to the nearest school or park/field and my family's freedom has been significantly improved. My partner does need to drive to get to Hunt Club everyday (and do the odd house call), but that's about the limit of our car needs. Nobody wants to force people not to use cars, they want to enable people to make the choice to not use cars if they want to.
@electricerger
Жыл бұрын
@@Shackman66 aww man Kanata South in particular is car dependent as hell. I've lived North for the last year or so and it's been so much better with the 63 and 64 at Innovation. What we really need (just IMO) is a ring BRT for the suburb-suburb connections.
@mariabezymyannaya4219
Жыл бұрын
@@electricerger even 63 and 64 are not always helpful. When I worked in Kanata we would have to wait with a ton of my colleagues for them and sometimes they will just go past us without even stopping, often they're too full to stop, and a lot of times they just don't come all together. Sometime we had to wait for about an hour to get on a bus (on a bus stop without any cover) - it was especially "fun" in winter :( Now I'm scared to think what it's like in Kanata South if that's considered better 😥
@Gary_C
Жыл бұрын
On my commute I've had people give me the finger or scream at me to "get off the road!" even when I'm riding at or above the speed limit. I agree if there's a war it's on bikes and pedestrians not the other way around.
@betula2137
Жыл бұрын
Sad, the hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance of these car-dependent arguments
@Tom-ym7tq
Жыл бұрын
For real.. In my city(American city) we don't have sidewalks on a lot of roads. Not to mention a lot of people have died using the "bikelane", people in cars here will not stop for you. They will plow you over and keep going. As someone who can not drive, nor even afford to, I fear for my life and the lives of others, especially those who are disabled. We barely have any bus service, I've personally only seen 2 buses in the entire 21 years of my life living here. We can't live like this. It's torture having to constantly ask other people for a ride because I'm too afraid to even walk alongside the road just to get a snack from the gas station..
@johnedwards2759
Жыл бұрын
I can drive at 40 if you're NOT THERE. If you're there, ALL TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED while you SLOWLY get your woke green experience.
@Gary_C
Жыл бұрын
@@johnedwards2759 I think you just made an airtight case for more bike infrastructure.
@HweolRidda
Жыл бұрын
Gary. To be fair, those same people drive 3 m off my car's bumper and flash their lights if I am blocking traffic by driving it at only 10 over the limit. Occasionally, rarely perhaps, there is some karma though. A racing cyclist acquaintence had this happen while going down a steep windy mountain road near Boulder CO. I suspect the cyclist and the following car were both over the posted limit. Say 20 mph over in a 30 zone. The tailgater was focussed on making his point and failed to appreciate that an expert cyclist could successfully negotiate the next sharp turn at about twice the speed as a typical dork in a car. Fortunately guard rail did its job and nobody was going in the other direction, (The racing cyclists in Boulder were forever griping about getting caught behind cars since the cars needed to slow down for corners. That was an interesting reversal from anywhere I had lived before.)
@bike.breath
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I’ve been commuting by bike for 9 years in Ottawa and would love to see a better balance struck. Not only in infrastructure, but in education. You make a good point in saying that there’s people who aren’t truly imaging what balance would look like, and therefore it’s not a war. Me cycling everywhere is one less car in traffic for the people who need or want to use their car. Thanks for making this!
@BobbyUnverzagt
Жыл бұрын
Safe routes to school are a really important part of the education aspect (ironically 🙃). Children and teens who bike to school grow up to be adults who see biking as a reasonable way to get where you're going. I'll admit that when I was biking to school in suburbia I wasn't very critical of infrastructure, but at least it got me on a bike.
@bike.breath
Жыл бұрын
@@BobbyUnverzagt agreed! I grew up biking to and from school in northern Ontario and I’m now in my 30’s making bike videos :) I’d love to see more children taught how to safely bike to school. It’s such a blast.
@Nobleheart111
Жыл бұрын
No Sidewalks = Must car everywhere. Even less than 1 mile distance to the grocery store for milk or a sandwich. Take a car or dodge traffic = Take a car. Until this is fixed in my town, it is car or nothing.
@Turtle1631991
Жыл бұрын
"When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression." Basically this.
@KozelPraiseGOELRO
Жыл бұрын
War on socialism in a nutshell.
@michah321
Жыл бұрын
@@KozelPraiseGOELROwell, a lot of people don't want socialism.
@michah321
Жыл бұрын
The majority is who gets the funding. If only a small percentage wants this, it won't get funded
@KozelPraiseGOELRO
Жыл бұрын
@@michah321 A lot also want. US population is just not the best source.
@LilBoyHexley
Жыл бұрын
If there was a war it's already over. It was a near absolute genocide instigated on all other transit means, that have been fighting for the smallest scraps ever since. "A balanced approach" would mean cars being treated equal to the cost and impact instigated by their use.
@chrisgeroux
Жыл бұрын
I think we need to not be afraid to say that getting people out of cars will help to address the climate emergency and this is hugely important. My city has targets for a 30% active transpiration by 2030 to help address the emissions produced by cars and meet emissions reductions targets. Unfortunately I don't expect them to make this target. After our rather dirty electricity production (43% of emissions), transportation comes in second place (30%).
@OhTheUrbanity
Жыл бұрын
We have no problem saying our cities need fewer cars and less driving. It’s the framing I guess. It feels fundamentally cynical and dishonest for people like Sutcliffe to act like cars are currently on the back foot instead of dominant in our cities
@secondengineer9814
Жыл бұрын
1:40 Not to mention the financial war, where car exclusive roads suck up way more resources than other modes
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
A certain candidate for mayor should check out "strong towns". They explain why low density is bad even from a "fiscally conservative" position.
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesphillips2285 Municipal politics should be concerned with municipal issues. Culture wars are only meaningful in a national or provincial level. I need my bus to arrive reasonably on time, have my road plowed, emergency services that protect me and my neighbors, and options so that I don't get killed on the way to school. It's just basic issues that have a massively tangible effect on lives. I certainly don't feel anything when the army buys a couple of new fighter jets.
@Troy-ol5fk
Жыл бұрын
It really seems strange to me that in some residential areas there is no sidewalks at all
@davidjames4915
Жыл бұрын
While it wasn't planned that way, most such residential areas are low-traffic streets and they're about as close to a woonerf as we get. They've just always been that way and they're mainly in neighbourhoods predating the widespread adoption of the car (many are streetcar suburbs, in fact), so cars were introduced to them gradually. I suppose you could say that a micro-culture of the street being a common area developed before the cars came and remained afterwards, with newcomers adapting to the prevailing culture. As children for instance you'd play ball games and road hockey on such streets. There's certainly no appetite amongst current residents of these areas to have sidewalks installed. In new development areas of Ottawa I'm sure you'd never be able to recreate that micro-culture short of selecting new residents drawn entirely from the few areas of the city where that is the norm.
@logicalfundy
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, painting your opponents as extremist is a common tactic in politics. That, along with encouraging your own base to take an extremist position because anything else is "compromise." Heaven help us if we realize that the issues we talk about are complex and nuanced, especially when it comes to something as complex as a city and its suburbs.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
death of NEWS and the replacement with "socials" and the sound bite and NEED to "rally the troops" to even be heard there is no common platform anymore for all the candidates to reach there constituents beyond the socials and there "reasoned" conversation gets drowned out by the "loudest voice"
@ethakis
Жыл бұрын
Almost every surface that’s paved is dedicated to cars. They take up the majority of space on every road and every street while everything else needs to fight for scraps at the edges
@ulrichspencer
Жыл бұрын
Last fall, one of the candidates running for mayor of Montreal also ran on a platform similar to Sutcliffe, one of "yeah, I suppooooose we need options for cyclists and pedestrians, too, but we need to end this war on cars". Thankfully, he lost the election, and our urbanist mayor and city council expanded their majorities.
@APaleDot
Жыл бұрын
"We need a system that works for everyone" is the All Lives Matter of transportation policy.
@Zenit_Bourg
Жыл бұрын
Let's make a "War by cars" movements but this time it's unironic.
@brentonabike3420
Жыл бұрын
Videos like this and the topics brought up here is why I started Brent_on_a_bike I wanted to show ways of getting around Ottawa on a bike as a every day commuter but also point out how crazy it gets as you get further out of the downtown core. Also how transit needs to be fixed, the very fact that I can bike along the MUP to get to College Square from Sandy Hill and the time it takes my wife to get there on transit is the same tells me there is a failure in the transit in the city. I want to cycle year around for the two reasons that 1. Being in a Car makes me nervous cause of how people drive here and 2. OC Transpo is a mess and you can not rely on it to get where you need to go. So I started going places on a bike and bought a nice trailer to pick up my shopping in. I thank channels like yours that can do the research and put the info out there in the manner you do, I can't do that , I don't have the skills. So I will just keep putting up videos of how I try to get around the city safely around. Thank you for this video and all the others you have posted.
@whoombat
Жыл бұрын
Cool channel!
@klobiforpresident2254
Жыл бұрын
I already see a weird amount of random videos getting from A to B (usually by people who like filming trains), might as well watch yours to get a glimpse of Ottawa.
@lesbianesti
Жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite video of yours so far! I wish there was a "war on cars," I'd enlist.
@tomrogue13
Жыл бұрын
I mean there's a podcast called The War On Cars. You can subscribe to that
@lesbianesti
Жыл бұрын
@@tomrogue13 I really do need to listen to that podcast!
@mariusvanc
Жыл бұрын
Cars don't fight back, so just smash a few windows and slash some tires. It's even easier than cowtipping.
@tomrogue13
Жыл бұрын
@@lesbianesti i just started. Listened to 2 episodes so far
@dlazo32696
Жыл бұрын
@@mariusvanc Sounds like a great way to get arrested.
@saywhayguy
Жыл бұрын
Would love to hear a candidate say "If elected mayor, I will end the war on pedestrians, cyclists, disabled people, scooter and e-bike riders, children, transit users, and low income people and their families."
@logixthreesome298
Жыл бұрын
Man, I wish we had an actual war on cars...
@dlazo32696
Жыл бұрын
@@Tom-ym7tq Here’s a solution. Get a job and buy a car. Or move to the city.
@logixthreesome298
Жыл бұрын
@@dlazo32696 funny enough, i do have a car which i use every once in a while and a part time job... Which is why i'm baffled when some people state that a car is absolutely mandatory in those circumstances.
@djsmith2871
Жыл бұрын
@@logixthreesome298 Who are you to tell them it's not? You want to freeze your @$$ slip sliding with your backpack full of lentils and beans, fill your boots. The majority of us are not willing to go back to less efficient means.
@kcufyoutube3103
Жыл бұрын
@@dlazo32696 most people that ride have a car you dummy.
@kcufyoutube3103
Жыл бұрын
@@djsmith2871 that’s why he has a car for freezing weather, genius. How are you goobers this stupid?
@POINTS2
Жыл бұрын
It's not a "War on Cars" but it is a "War on Traffic". We are fighting to reduce traffic. Adding bike lanes and options for buses and trains will improve traffic by reducing the number of cars on the road. Mark Sutcliffe is pro-traffic. His policies won't help anyone. It will just make traffic worse for everyone especially people in cars. Also, while discussing these topics, saying "induced traffic" instead of "induced demand" gets the point across better. Induced demand can be good in some cases (e.g. compact housing and mass transit) but is bad when the demand that is getting induced is more people driving. Nobody likes more traffic!
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
I always had an "issue" with induced demand as it makes taking trips sound BAD and we WANT TO KILL trips BUT we WANT less traffic so the TRIPS are taken with less impact / cost
@HipsterShiningArmor
Жыл бұрын
I think the skeleton key to understanding what Sutcliffe is doing is the first sentence, the one about how some people view transportation through an ideological lens. I could be reading this all wrong as I don’t know anything about this dude, but it strikes me as if he’s dogwhistling to the people who think that bike lanes are like a socialist plot to take over the government or something like that.
@mariusvanc
Жыл бұрын
Something I noticed... When you make everything ideological, everything seems like a dogwhistle. Cause, you know, people who don't agree with you obviously can't think for themselves, if they could they would obviously agree with you. They're just dumb-dumbs waiting for someone to tell them what to do, instead of being independent thinkers like you.
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was talking [to] the people who interpreted "you will own nothing and be happy" as a threat.
@IbangedYaMama
Жыл бұрын
Socialists took over the government a long time ago.
@artisticcrossbreed
Жыл бұрын
I've been commuting around Ottawa on bike for 10+ years now, and this explains a lot. It had been a few years since I had gotten a "get off the road!" shouted at me, but I've gotten a few in the past week. I don't even bike on big roads anymore, this was a residential road.... Yeah I don't really wanna be on the road either, but thats where the law/inferastructure has me so, here I am.
@hendman4083
Жыл бұрын
You have been unvoluntarily drafted as a frontline soldier in the war on cars by this campaign ad. 😕
@patriot9487
Жыл бұрын
Great thing about America is if someone did that to you here, you can own a firearm and shoot and kill them. People are very polite when they know this.
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
I will take the sidewalk if it's safe to do so, like in fast wide suburban roads where sightlines are good. The law is the law, but I value my life more. Besides I've never seen a sidewalk cyclist get pulled over.
@shaunhall960
Жыл бұрын
Trusting politicians is like trusting an alligator not to bite your hand off while you're holding a piece of meat in its mouth.
@stewart2589
Жыл бұрын
Pro-car people are more sensitive and live in echo chambers
@redemptionjack4657
5 ай бұрын
I am pro car and I support pedestrian and biking you are just generalizing.
@mikedamat
Жыл бұрын
Less a war on cars and more people tired of the war on pedestrians.
@das_it_mane
Жыл бұрын
Classic wedge issue style politics: THEY want XYZ (threat to you) and I am the answer
@humanecities
Жыл бұрын
I regularly have to explain that I don’t think everyone should be biking everywhere. It’s about the right tool for the job. If a train would be ideal, we should have a train. If a bike would be best, let’s bike! If it’s a car, drive. I love driving, but it’s not right for every single trip - so it shouldn’t be required for every single trip.
@marie-andreec5164
Жыл бұрын
I think you guys are very generous in your analysis of why that politician is talking about a "war on cars" in his campaign. Instead, I think that in politics, when you don't have good ideas to share with the electorate, then it helps to have an enemy and what better enemy than urbanite cyclists who are already eyed suspiciously and are easy to make fun of anyway. Let's hope that Ottawa voters aren't taken in by such reactionary nonsense.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
he wants to can the bike infrastructure for a different use and does NOT want to say "I WILL BUILD YOU LESS" so rephrase it as BAD investment / "war on your normal life"
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
Well he win.
@KevinLynch1717
Жыл бұрын
I would vote for you guys as Ottawa’s first couples mayor
@driley4381
Жыл бұрын
If I wasn't required to own a car to do literally anything outside of my home, it would have the same effect on me financially as if my weekly income had suddenly doubled.
@PlaystationMasterPS3
Жыл бұрын
I just paid $6.20 for gas, I don't want to have to drive everywhere. I've got some amenities in walking distance but biking sucks in my area and the good transit lines are too far away
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
Ever heard Motorcycle? or if you tree hugging Electric Motorcycle, i heard European love it .
@EdwardVarner
Жыл бұрын
They literally wrote me a ticket for parking in my neighborhood and not moving my car ever 4 hrs. I walk to work. So basically they forced me to burn gas to avoid tickets and told me I didn’t need a car when I complained 🤔
@ken8535222
Жыл бұрын
"Some people view driving through an ideological lens. They want you to drive or ride a car no matter where you live, no matter where you're going, no matter what month of the year. If you live in the suburbs, you might think it's easy for everyone to get around in a car. But there's much more to Ottawa than just the suburbs." -Sark Mutcliffe
@een_schildpad
Жыл бұрын
Love this pithy on point response to that campaign ad. As someone who lives in a mostly car dependent suburb, I totally agree and wish we would build into more transportation options. I don't like having to drive everywhere, but I don't have much of a choice. The funny thing is I often hear other neighbors expressing that they would like to walk or ride more places, but that they don't feel safe doing so with our current infrastructure.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
there is also the DISTANCE the "shops" are due to mono use zoning and extension those shops are aimed away from the residential and towards the car based "Stroad" making the approach longer and HARDER for NON car based approaches and even worse is when the suburb was laid out it was DESIGNED to be anti car and to EXCLUDE any cars that "do not belong there" so often to leave you have to wind your way to the stroad before you can even head towards your destination and not cut directly to it and exit your neighbourhood at the shop
@johnstelluto
Жыл бұрын
that's the classic right-wing strategy: to turn ideas into imaginary enemies...
@leeball4
Жыл бұрын
"Hey man, if you don't want to live your life the way I want to live mine then you're infringing on my freedom." -Some random North American. Why is it whenever people advocate for more choice the opposition leads the charge that something is being denied to them? (Rhetorical question, don't need an answer)
@TheRuralUrbanist
Жыл бұрын
Lol, I emailed it to him and said that two very nice people from your city made a video addressing one of your campaign videos... Curious if I'll get a response 😅.
@Alex-db9vk
Жыл бұрын
don't kid yourself. Many motorists don't want ANY bikes or pedestrians on the road. That's what they mean by "balanced".
@BaiZhijie
Жыл бұрын
When someone makes a bad "culture war" argument against cycling, you guys respectfully show the other person's statement in full, and then make a series of reasoned and well supported counter-arguments. This is an example of how productive discourse among adults should be done. Bravo! Although it might not feel like it, I'll bet your reasonable and courteous tone and approach is changing minds.
@steeneugenpoulsen8174
Жыл бұрын
First problem: Just because we have cars so you can drive, does not mean it is a human RIGHT to abuse the technology. You are CREATING a bad situation because you can by choosing to LIVE in a way that REQUIRES HEAVY car usage, that would be like me beating you up because I can, but beating people is just never going to create a better world.
@johncaswell2648
Жыл бұрын
Not agreeing with dumb politicians, but a counterpoint: living near a city whose planners basically only pick up "cars bad, cycling and transit good and I don't need to think about the details" from arguments like this, I can totally see where someone could end up thinking there is a war on cars. I like to refer to the city as "car hostile" because they don't seem to want anyone to drive, gridlock during all daylight hours and nowhere to park when you get anywhere anyway, which wouldn't be such a problem but you can't get there on transit or a bicycle either, because for example, when they started building a commuter rail system, they connected the neighborhoods with the highest transit use to the most common transit destinations... Sounds good, right? Only problem is, the most common destinations were office complexes where suburban commuters worked and didn't want to fight for parking, and the neighborhoods with the highest transit use were low income areas where the residents can't afford cars so they use the bus. Absolutely, both areas need to be served by transit, but drawing a line between the two as the only route leads to very low usage. And that pretty much sums up the whole problem - taking away infrastructure for cars without providing a usable alternative helps no one.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
sounds like the Winnipeg rapid bus system from down town to the university expensive unsafe housing to the school that HAS A LOT of good STUDENT housing around it OR going from an expensive suburb WITH the university to DOWNTOWN the 2 points DO NOT have a lot of travel between them and the "worst" thing is A few miles west there is a NEW housing development and "urban centre" being built with very high housing numbers and GOOD density in parts with ZERO TRANSIT beyond busses and BAD access to the down town core OR even the University
@markproulx1472
Жыл бұрын
Beware any politician who use the term “balanced.”
@jonathanwilkinson4299
Жыл бұрын
Everytime you bring up biking/public transport/affordable housing to a car brain they freak out and act like you are going to ban all cars. It seem like they are the ideological ones.
@user-gu9yq5sj7c
Жыл бұрын
Well some car centric people say public transit paves for communism. Citynerd made a video on comments bullying him for criticizing big cars like SUVs. They were calling him things like beta or soy boy. And stereotyping that he was like a vegan. That doesn't really sound like people for facts and logic...
@redemptionjack4657
5 ай бұрын
You are completly wrong we car ethusist also want less traffic and affordable housing any car ethusist who are agasint such things are not true car ethusist. PS sedan fan jere I hate suvs.
@theironrhino110
Жыл бұрын
Always sobering to think that if the last video clip was taken 60 years ago there would be a rail network on the right side leading to a downtown train station.
@wiesorix
Жыл бұрын
"More in line with other North American examples" is lowkey one of the most depressing sentences I've ever heard
@ianhomerpura8937
Жыл бұрын
Time to invoke the anti-American within. Condemn car centric development as un-Canadian and a ploy by the Americans to ruin Canada financially.
@dlazo32696
Жыл бұрын
@@ianhomerpura8937 It’s okay. Daddy USA will still protect you when the Russians want to invade you/challenge you in the Arctic circle.
@red2theelectricboogaloo961
Жыл бұрын
@@ianhomerpura8937 okay dude. i mean maybe this is me being someone who was born there getting insecure but the constant need to inject anti-american attitudes into this discourse is really something, but it's not necessary. the main losers in this transaction are americans themselves, like it or not.
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
Fxxk north america, why not look further to see what other countries in europe or asia are doing? If anything, America has the most twisted, inhumane urban design.
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
@@ianhomerpura8937 I do find myself susceptible to that kind of thought. I feel so much better when seeing the alternative which is the ultimate Floridian suburb: 8 lane road with gated communities on either side, watchtowers at every entrance and high walls.
@eriklakeland3857
Жыл бұрын
War on Cars = the slightest concession given in a still car dominant place. I.E, my state representatives pushing to ban dedicated bus lanes because of they’ve made it war on cars Culture War issue
@IbangedYaMama
Жыл бұрын
It always starts with slight concessions. They ask for 3 inches and you say no. Then they ask for 1 inch, just a slight concession and you say yes. A year later they ask for 3 inches, you say no then they ask for 1 inch and you make just a slight concession. After 3 years you lost 3 inches.
@microproductions6
Жыл бұрын
Another point on the "fiscal responsibility" thing: Car-centric infrastructure is the most expensive type of transportation infrastructure to maintain. If this guy doesn't get that, he probably will not have the best approach to a "balanced" transportation system.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
he is running a "populist conservative" campaign and the MOST VOTERS are served by spending LESS on modes NOT used by the MOST people so yes MOER car and LESS "non car"
@davidgutowsky3469
Жыл бұрын
This feels like the "equality feels like oppression" argument.
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
Finding a way to activate people's "What about the children!?!" reflex without triggering "cycling is a kid thing" is my current conundrum. We're up for an intersection redesign on our nearby state highway/stroad, and there's an apartment complex on the other side of it from the elementary school. The apartments fall within the one mile "parent responsibility zone" and that walk to school is a mess. I'm pretty sure that centering the kids is the best way to build consensus around making this intersection suck less, but I also don't want to lose control of the narrative and have it turn into "pedestrian overpass!" (The intersection is in a valley between two big hills, so I actually wouldn't object to an overpass if it made a nice level path from the grocery store to the Krispy Kreme, but there's no way I'd get a High Line linear park out of the state DOT.) Anyone who has successfully made the kids deserve to walk and bike safely argument, tell me what worked for you.
@machtmann2881
Жыл бұрын
I've never tried pitching it but let kids walk and bike to school safely and you basically solve the bus driver shortage for good
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
@@machtmann2881 Depends on the size of a catchment area. In the Southern US it's common for rural counties to have one central high school. Elementary schools have a greater chance of being within walking distance.
@klobiforpresident2254
Жыл бұрын
Might not save the shortage for good, but it could certainly take pressure off it - if the groups of kids cycling are clustered. When I lived in Michigan two or three households gathered at one street corner for a stop. If all of them bike that's one stop less, but if two of three bike there may be no improvement at all.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
@@machtmann2881 IN my area they have a "walking school bus" program for the close students and it is basically a parent / teacher ETC that walks a route and the kids join as the route passes there house
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonriddell We used to have that once a week in the afternoons where some kids walk to a park and others walk to a nearby church. And then their parents picked them up in cars. Sigh. We paid a premium for a house with at least rudimentary walking infrastructure, and none of my neighbors walk their kids. I don't get why you would buy in this neighborhood and then drive everywhere all the time.
@VulcanLogic
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. The people who claim "there's a war on cars" tend to live in limited or even gated access suburban developments with circuitous routes, culs-de-sac, T-intersections, and every road calming trick in the book. In their neighborhood, the war's over. They've won. Anyone else's roads or streets, on the other hand, has to be thru-traffic at the highest speeds and most lanes possible because they've got places to go.
@arturobianco848
Жыл бұрын
This one just popped up today for me. I'm Dutch and we have a very good bike infrastructure and a reasonable wel public transport system (at least for a european country. If you compaire it to the states/canada we have an excellent public transport sytem). And i can tell you its not about a war on cars its about making the quality of your life better. Making walkable and bikable city's and towns is making Livable city's. And the alternatives of biking and walking and good public transport also hugely improves Driving your car even if you do need to take some meausures that doing it in certain earria's will become such a pain in the ass you don't want to. In other earia's you can then actualy look at what cars need cause we like our cars here to and when i'm driving on a high speed road i don't want cyclist or pedestrians around me either. On low speed ones i'm used to them and thats ok. I can honestly tell you driving in the Netherlands where all the "war" on cars has been done is actually way more better and pleasant as in the states (haven't been to canada so i can't really say if its different there but looking at the set up of your city's it looks pretty much like the states to me). O and don't listen to shopkeepers in downtown earia's that start complaining that customers can't reach them. They did the same thing in the Netherlands and actuall treanthed with violence. Now they would do the same thing if we would reintroduced the cars again in those earia's. And its not because they like walking an biking but the like money and sales.
@belldrop7365
Жыл бұрын
It felt like I lost brain cells listening to the guy in the intro. And as internetizen, I supposedly already have zero brain cells left. That guy is pushing it into the negatives.
@dandarr5035
Жыл бұрын
As urbanist principles become more mainstream, they get tied up in something that I truly dread: the culture war. This video, and that campaign video in particular that you showed, proves that urbanism has become wrapped up culture war politics. I'd say this is one of the main reasons why I'm not really keen on advocating for urbanist principles in my area: if I do so, I'd probably end up with chronic high blood pressure later in life from all the stress of dealing with the extra-curricular crap that comes along with the politics.
@dominiccasts
Жыл бұрын
Well, yeah. As is clear in this case any "culture war” is more specifically a bunch of hot air blown out by people who benefit from the status quo, know how unpopular it is, and so make up imaginary enemies to fight to distract from having no policy plans they expect people will vote for. The old adage about how if neither the facts or the law is on your side you pound the table is relevant here. In other words, when an issue goes from being a policy issue to being a culture war issue, that means the side that's stopped focusing on policy is losing and they know it.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
IMHO I see it the opposite the "CULTURE WAR" is the ONLY way left for politicians to get anything out as they were "deplatformed" when broadcast news was replaced by twitter/Facebook and "social networks" and they "need" a way to rally people to perpetuate there "brand" and make a culture war topic "your own" is a very good way to get your "brand" on to the "socials" I believe that is also why we have NO "centrist" candidates / parties" anymore and every partly / candidate has "picked a side" and moved more extreme / towards there "base"
@djsmith2871
Жыл бұрын
Any ideology that at its core demands that everyone do as they are told, "for the greater good" will be fought vigorously by those who know the extent human, know-it-all arrogance can reach. Hey. Speaking of... have the ice caps melted yet? Oil peaked? Coral reefs bleached dead yet?
@anubis2814
Жыл бұрын
Politicians have treated the term "war on..." anything as essentially genocide of that thing, drugs, poverty, terror you name it. Even though most wars waged by a minority mostly want the majority to stop getting special treatment to their detriment. Yes we have a war on cars, and we want to get back to having an even playing field, not at the expense of car drivers, but so that drivers stop having priority at the expense of us.
@driley4381
Жыл бұрын
The fact that in every Walmart in North America, bikes are only found in the Toys Department tells you everything about the North American attitude towards non-automobile transportation.
@giovannidjango
Жыл бұрын
turns out being balanced towards all modes of transportation meant defunding OC Transpo 43 million dollars a year and increasing the budget to widen roads which is really cool
@gregvassilakos
Жыл бұрын
The odd thing about this is that he's running for mayor of Ottawa, but his campaign pitch is aimed at residents of the suburbs.
@Amir-jn5mo
Жыл бұрын
Whats the map of Ottawa look like? If its like Toronto, majority of our wards and population are in the suburbs vs the downtown core so they basically dominate every election.
@gregvassilakos
Жыл бұрын
@@Amir-jn5mo Yeah, you're right. Ottawa hasn't built out to its boundaries yet. Much of the city has a suburban character.
@Jalapinecone
Жыл бұрын
the city of ottawa extends like 40 extra kilometers past the farthest suburbs and into the country. it's a complete mess.
@mariusvanc
Жыл бұрын
Are the suburbs of Ottawa not part of Ottawa? I can't remember the last time any federal politician made a pitch to anyone west of Ontario, because the votes there literally just don't matter. Indeed, they seem to make it a sport to purposely snub and antagonize western Canadians, knowing there is nothing they can do politically, to score political points with voters in the east. Why would a local politician operate any differently? Besides, this is a problem of the city's own making, by growing Ottawa into a sprawl through amalgamation and political greed.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
@@mariusvanc much like the Toronto amalgamation was done to "shore up" voters to the "conservative" side - READ politics
@Frahamen
Жыл бұрын
Candidates like him just proof that Ottowexit is necessary.
@ichimaru64
Жыл бұрын
Great video! While I no longer live in Ottawa myself, my family lives in one of the rural wards of Ottawa close to the border with Leeds-Grenville. Personally, I support the investment in cycling infrastructure, and believe that better cycling will also lead to fewer cars on the road and therefore better driving for those who continue to drive. But I also understand the viewpoint of my family who live in an area where cycling and walking beyond the borders of our small town are truly not a viable option, and have expressed support for Sutcliffe. And in fairness, it is true that the roads in our area are in disrepair and in need of improvements. The rural wards account for only 10% of Ottawa's population, which is not an insignificant portion but small enough to come second to the needs of the urban wards. For us, it's about 20 km to reach the outskirts of Barrhaven, and 30 km to reach the inside of the greenbelt. Kemptville is often a viable choice for many trips, so we only go into Ottawa maybe once a month. We are for all practical purposes not a part of the urban city of Ottawa so it's frustrating when proposals only focus on the urban areas and neglects the rural. Ultimately I think I'm highlighting how the issues with amalgamation continue to affect politics in Ottawa, and we really should be separate. The rural wards will naturally continue to vote for car-centric policies and against pro-urbanist policies that would benefit the urban wards.
@qedqubit
Жыл бұрын
think of it this way :"Do you own your car, or does your car own you ?"
@redemptionjack4657
5 ай бұрын
No you own a cr if it is vintage, second hand or passed down.
@thomasb331
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for thoughtful videos. I lived in downtown Ottawa in the early 1990s and immediately bought a bike to take advantage of the trails. In later years when I came to visit with a car I noticed how congested and bothersome driving was. But the superficial convenience of having a car made me use it over exploring other methods of getting around when I visited at that time. I live west of Toronto and I recently spoke to a Metrolinx rep at an information booth about the coming dual tracks for GO trains, and the significant expansion of service coming to the region. The logic and benefits of becoming "multi-modal" for transportation have really hit home. The more I can get around by walking and with the soon-to-be amazing and frequent inter-city transit, the less I will need to drive. The more others make the same decision, THE BETTER IT WILL BE WHEN I OR THEY NEED TO DRIVE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LESS CONGESTION BECAUSE THERE WILL MORE TRUE CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND. The logic is so overwhelmingly obvious now. Plus I get more exercise by walking more. Plus I save money in transportation costs by choosing cheaper methods when appropriate. The only immediate cost was expanding my gear and clothing a bit so I can cope with weather, but that's a pittance compared to the money pit that is a car. I also expect to keep my car longer, as it will have less wear and tear after stopping all those unnecessary 1 km drives when I can walk, and all those unnecessary drives to Toronto (especially in winter) when I can take the train. A future car will likely just be a small (hopefully electric, maybe solar) car, and I think I can reasonably expect to access car-share or rental services when I need a specialized larger vehicle. At minimum, when the times comes for a new car I will be familiar with all the transportation modes and make far more informed and cost-effective decisions (ebike maybe, perhaps a folding bike).
@monoclesquid9667
Жыл бұрын
BIG WALL!!!!
@JamesIsShort
Жыл бұрын
"We are not facing a war on cars" Yes, but why not?
@MB-st7be
Жыл бұрын
It's funny how NIMBY's talk like cars are actual people who need special rights. They can't seem to make the connection that the people *in* the cars are *also* pedestrians and cyclists, by defualt we all are.
@MB-st7be
Жыл бұрын
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." -Thomas Sowell
@fluuufffffy1514
Жыл бұрын
"They" don't want you to walk or bike everywhere, they want you TO BE ABLE to walk or bike everywhere.
@daadadada
Жыл бұрын
Hey! I wonder if you'd make a video on Québec City and its new active transportation-friendly mayor! I don't know if much has been done yet, but he recently unveiled a promising plan for the coming years!
@betula2137
Жыл бұрын
Sounds good
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
Winnipeg MB IMHO has made good strides with improving and is never covered on any urban channel I have seen - is it good NO but it is trying
@juliansmith4295
Жыл бұрын
I have a message to Mark Sutcliffe. When I was a tourist in Ottawa, I was surprised, disappointed and embarrassed at how difficult it was to get around our nation's capital without renting a car. We had to take a taxi from the train station because it's out in the middle of a field somewhere. Crossing Wellington anywhere near Parliament Hill is a nightmare. Getting back downtown from Rideau Hall was quite a hike, since there's apparently no public transport. There certainly didn't seem to be a war on cars there, but it wasn't very friendly to people without one.
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
Your message to him we need better public transport?
@juliansmith4295
Жыл бұрын
@@anubizz3 Bingo
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
@@juliansmith4295 Then why you don't agree with him? Improving public transport is universally supported by residents. Making new highway and protected bike lanes not.
@juliansmith4295
Жыл бұрын
@@anubizz3 I'm going to assume you're just pretending to be stupid. Au revoir.
@TylerProvick
Жыл бұрын
I'm in Blackburn Hamlet. We have no way to bike outside of our neighbourhood. Our MP and MPP have both voiced support for Sutcliffe
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
do u think it's intentionally difficult for people to traverse the greenbelt by bike or foot? It seems the only exception is Barrhaven where it is reachable via woodroffe and one other road.
@TylerProvick
Жыл бұрын
@@dennisd9914 I wouldn't say intentional, but I'm also an optomistic type person. There is a painted bike gutter on Innes which is 80. Technically I can take Bearbrook to the Parkway, or take a dirt trail to dump myself into an Orleans neighbourhood. Meanwhile in the 90s I biked to summer school from Barrhaver to Robert Borden.
@markandreessen3218
Жыл бұрын
I always shocked when I see these pictures of non walkable cities. Why would anybody want to live there?
@schlaumayer3754
Жыл бұрын
These people are just like the straight people saying that the straights (cars) are being oppressed because gay people can marry (bike lanes exist)🙄. Just because we want an alternative to your lifestyle doesn't mean we are forcing you to convert, we just want an option for ourselves and for you to respect that.
@JonahHW
Жыл бұрын
There are a lot of parallels between the struggle to reduce car dependency and other leftist struggles. In all cases, we see the "centerists" fail to understand the problem because they live a life of privilege and have never bothered to examined their biases. They see small improvements for the oppressed group and and decide that they, now, are oppressed and have to fight for their "right" to continue to be the dominating class. It's the same kind of thinking that supports incel and white nationalist ideologies.
@patriot9487
Жыл бұрын
No one says that tho. I see a bunch of pride parades were they mald over some mythical oppressive force targeted at them. Even when they're one of the most represented minorities in the country. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MONTH! I can't go 5 seconds without being bombarded by LGBTQ adds and commercials. However, in my own personal experience, most men I talk to think it's disgusting and wrong; and they don't express these views openly cause it can get them fired, or cancelled, or a bunch of other asinine things. Just know most people are being nice to you, not cause they want to, but because they have to
@muzairanwar
Жыл бұрын
Perfect timing. Its very clear to me who Id be voting for.
@kenjindomini
Жыл бұрын
Something I've been hearing a lot lately, especially in reference to the Christian and Alt Right in the US that applies here perfectly, is, to paraphrase, "When you are the dominant demographic, equality feels like oppression." Its not that these people are against equality they are against being oppressed and the emotional response of getting out from under oppression overwhelms everything else, logic and empathy are off the table. It is going to be incredibly difficult to boil down the mind-bogglingly unintuitive facts that less space for cars and equality of choice is actually better for drivers in to sound bites and straightforward graphs/graphics. Not everyone is going to be willing or able to swallow the "orange pill" and burn hours watching @NotJustBikes @CityBeautiful you guys or @CityNerd even though they absolutely should...especially if they are running for office and will be in charge of any aspect of city planning or infrastructure funding.
@Immortalcheese
Жыл бұрын
This is such a conservative mindset. They get all of the benefits, but then the moment another group wants even a morsel of it, they complain that their way of life is being destroyed. And they also don't see that getting cars off the road is going to be what fixes traffic. And it's amazing how a couple million dollars is seen as overwhelmingly supporting cars, yet we'll happily fund billions of dollars of car infrastructure. I live car light in Toronto. I usually take my car once or twice a week. And it is a huge saving just on the gas and maintenance alone.
@PlaystationMasterPS3
Жыл бұрын
this is a great explanation of the flawed logic behind the "War on Cars" scare tactic. I'll have to link it next time I'm in an internet arguement also, Jreg for mayor, build a wall around Ottawa and give everyone a government job
@trishemerald2487
Жыл бұрын
I've lived all my life in Ottawa and have never heard the term "Autowa." Also: cyclists do not do themselves any favours with their own behaviours.
@therealdutchidiot
Жыл бұрын
Even though car drivers can't be bothered to follow the rules in much greater numbers it's always "those damned cyclists".
@brianisbrined9255
Жыл бұрын
You touched on it here, but I feel like the people who think there is a "war on cars" are people who see that car infrastructure has a lot of issues, and so any time money is spent (or even just proposed to be spent) on roads without doing something to help them get from point a to b faster or more smoothly as a smack in the face. They think "so not only are you not going to fix the problems, you're going to make things worse?!" (i.e., reducing lanes to add more bike infrastructure).
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
I can see the initial logic: but cars are SO INEFFICIENT at moving people that literally ANY OTHER OPTION will improve the situation (even a walking path has more peak throughput than a car lane).
@brianisbrined9255
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesphillips2285 yeah but the average person doesn't care about efficiency in aggregate, they just want to personally get from point a to point b. And when you already own a car and live in a suburb, a car is the most efficient way to get you, in particular, to your destination.
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
@@WillmobilePlus cars can move up to 2,000 people per hour per 3.5m travel lane. A walking path can move up to 15,000 people per hour in the same space. A cycle lane is slightly less efficient: only able to move about 12,000 people per hour.
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
@@brianisbrined9255 The Downs-Thomson paradox (essentially stating that every transportation mode incurs the same door-to-door travel time in a city) makes them care.
@jamesphillips2285
Жыл бұрын
@@WillmobilePlus You get that around lunch time in any high density place. For far-flung places, the answer is trains. We are talking 20,000-80,000 people per hour per track, depending on type.
@Mr00Ted
Жыл бұрын
Glad I early-voted against him. Ottawa may be better than most other NA cities I've been to, but I've seen the light of Amsterdam and know things can be better.
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
Sadly you lost , its time to pack your bag and migrate to Amsterdam like not just bike.
@betula2137
Жыл бұрын
08:39: Mark Sutcliffe, on the off-chance that you're watching this >>
@HowToMakeDinner
Жыл бұрын
It’s baffling to me that North Americans LOVE visiting places in the world that are centered around walking (Las Vegas, Disneyland, any city in Europe) but they resist infrastructure that would improve the walkability of the places we live in. Great video! I hope that guy doesn’t get elected. - Paula from Victoria B.C.
@IbangedYaMama
Жыл бұрын
I love going to the Dominican Republic for a week and stuff my face with bacon at the buffet every morning and drink alcohol all day till I pass out by the pool. Wouldn't do it every day.
@Jebbis
Жыл бұрын
Not sure about Canada, but in the US it on average costs you $10k a year (more if you live in rural areas) per car, for the privilege of owning and operating a car. City Nerd did a great breakdown of car ownership by income quintiles to show that it does not make financial sense to own a car unless you make more than $130k a year.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
but his "math" is zero valuing TIME and in AMERICA giving up on a car COSTS A LOT OF TIME especially for the less well to do quintiles that have there work and home locations forced on them and do NOT have much choice leading to a "poverty feedback loop"
@anubizz3
Жыл бұрын
It cost you 0$ for public transport maintenance? and you don't need to fear if someone stole your bike. and also there something called motorbike?
@Anotherfunnyword
Жыл бұрын
Sigh... My city *finally* implemented a road diet on a mile stretch of a boulevard near downtown (not even the main arterial) . Reduced a lane for cars, but added a protected bike lane, and more car parking. MORE CAR PARKING. But somehow it is being reported on with braindead headlines containing "war on cars?".
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
a road diet IE reduced the CAR THROUGHPUT IS the "basis" for the war on cars argument the actual counter argument is DID COMMUTES GO DOWN or UP? at the end of the day that is what voters "care about"
@lkym2481
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone else just somehow feel 10% stupider any time they try to honestly parse any meaning out of anything exiting a politician's mouth?
@dennisd9914
Жыл бұрын
Because Sutcliffe is full of straw man arguments and deceit. You'd go insane trying to twist yourself into knots to figure any truth in what he says. Suburbia is mass hypnosis and it can feel overwhelming.
@rileynicholson2322
Жыл бұрын
It's a lot easier if you acknowledge and identify common words and phrases, especially dog whistles and euphemisms. People with real solutions to real problems tend to be much more straightforward about their plans and platform, which means they use a lot less platitudes and vague promises
@Haxerous
Жыл бұрын
The fact that the suburb in the background in the first clip doesn't have a pedestrian path on either side of the road says a lot about the city's priorities.
@c.a.mcmullen7674
Жыл бұрын
I like your videos. A friendly suggestion: maybe play the ad from the candidate who actually wants to improve transportation in Ottawa? Would love to hear their idea more (and give them some publicity!) The "war on cars" seems to be sloganeering designed to elicit an emotional response in a particular direction. This makes people less receptive to rational points from other perspectives. Hopefully it will not work here! Looking forward to bringing a folding bike to Ottawa and riding around.
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
would like to see a "peek" behind the campaign ad and what are the 2 candidates "vision" for the city
@mileitman
Жыл бұрын
I hadn’t seen his video, but had already decided I wouldn’t be voting for him. And I’m a suburban driver.
@tomrogue13
Жыл бұрын
I think many people fee the suburbs are lost causes for 2 reasons. 1) focusing on downtowns and dense areas allows more bang for the buck. You can see results quicker. The footprint is there, it just needs a little adjustments. 2) Suburbs, especially those built largely in the 70s and on, don't have the footprint older cities do. Everything is scattered and spaces so it makes it very hard to know where to begin. Just adding protected lanes won't change much nor add as much perceived benefits.
@dominiccasts
Жыл бұрын
I think in-fill development could do a lot to revitalise suburbs into something more sustainable, and would also have the benefit of building out a lot more non-residential development independent of the city they are an exurb of, thus freeing people from the requirement to commute 50km to get to work if they want to make a decent living (though working from home has helped some with that)
@jasonriddell
Жыл бұрын
I would add a LOT of "suburbanites" CHOOSE there lifestyle FOR the very reasons that make them NOT "urban" and will actively resist the changes NEEDED to make them more "liveable" as that would make it less quiet and require (for some) to give up on the space they "own" where as people that ALREADY CHOSE inner city options "signed up" for all that comes with "liveable areas" like noise / crowds and having LESS land of your own and often less "house"
@MariaNicolae
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonriddell > noise And why exactly are cities loud? Because of the cars
@squidlytv
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonriddell then they should lose their access to public utilities such as sewage and electricity and should pay more in taxes to compensate for road cost
@MattTrevett
5 ай бұрын
So Mark Sutcliffe did get the mayoral position, it looks like. How has this impacted Ottawa?
@SkysTrains
Жыл бұрын
I love Ottawa. Recently moved there. We need better bike systems.
@DTD963
Жыл бұрын
Another great video. I hope many people in Ottawa watch this!
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