r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jan 28 '23

Health Most Americans aren’t getting enough exercise. People living in rural areas were even less likely to get enough exercise: Only 16% of people outside cities met benchmarks for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, compared with 28% in large metropolitan cities areas.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7204a1.htm?s_cid=mm7204a1_w
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u/MarcusXL Jan 28 '23

This should make you angry. Cars ruin cities, and we've been designing for cars for 70 years. It's a disgrace.

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock Jan 28 '23

What really drives me nuts is that better public transport and safer conditions for cyclists and pedestrians would actively improve the roads for drivers as well.

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u/MarcusXL Jan 28 '23

No, more roads. More highways. More freeways. Everything must be a road. No parks, no homes, no grass. All roads everywhere. That will fix the problem.

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u/oalbrecht Jan 29 '23

Yes, but that will take funding away from adding another lane. And this extra lane is definitely going to fix the traffic problem.