We really wanted to embrace the spirit of writer Tristan Cleveland's recent article in Strong Towns about how fighting against car culture made him feel great, but never ended up convincing anyone on the other side.
But the problem is: the fight for livable streets isn't just some effete academic debate; our civilization is in its death throes, and we're frankly tired of constantly being asked to find "common ground" with people who can't see that the automobile has been ruinous for our city.
If "common ground" means tolerating these opinions, fine. But regardless of Tristan Cleveland's good intentions, we're just not ready to politely ask the other side, oh, pretty please, can you maybe not widen that highway?
But all too often, "the other side" consists of people who believe that bike riders are more dangerous to pedestrians than car drivers, that building more housing near subway stations will "destroy our neighborhoods," or that congestion pricing is unfair because they "only" use their car to drive to their second home.
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