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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Think of people who are disabled and can’t walk the 600 meters to the metro station or get on a bike.

To be clear, those people should have mobility options available to them. But why do we put primacy on disabled people who can drive over disabled people who cannot drive?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    But a car or some other form of stable four-wheeled transport that can move them from door to door is necessary for a disabled person’s mobility

    Which disabled person? Disabled people are not a monolith, and many are unable to drive but perfectly capable of riding a bike, adaptive or otherwise.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Disabled people and poor people are both disproportionately negatively affected by automobiles. The idea that they "have" to have access to a car because they are disabled isn't proof that disability requires cars, it's proof that even the people who can least afford it are burdened with having to have a car.

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