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We may soon have 70 million boomers too old to drive, too car-dependent to stop. (lloydalter.substack.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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As the baby boomer bubble pushes into its eighties, we are driving into a demographic wall.

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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I was not alive to vote for or against the Interstate Highway Act

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    It was 1946 that trolleys were phased out, this was transit that didn't get stuck in traffic, and had bullet cars capable of 60mph. My local system had connections going from NYC all the way to Canada.

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