You’re right that EVs are not enough to solve this. We also need to significantly reduce the amount of traveling in all cars, electric or not.
The good news is that there are fast and cheap solutions that cities can implement nearly overnight. Cities like Paris showed in recent years that “pop-up” bike lanes can be installed very quickly, and significantly increase travel by bicycle.
Many cities also have a bus system, which would also be positively transformed with just painting some bus lanes on existing roads.
The short term fixes support the longer term changes (enabling walkable communities, allowing more efficient compact housing, etc.) that we also need to be adopting as fast as possible.
The good news is that there are fast and cheap solutions that cities can implement nearly overnight. Cities like Paris showed in recent years that “pop-up” bike lanes can be installed very quickly, and significantly increase travel by bicycle.
Many cities also have a bus system, which would also be positively transformed with just painting some bus lanes on existing roads.
The short term fixes support the longer term changes (enabling walkable communities, allowing more efficient compact housing, etc.) that we also need to be adopting as fast as possible.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/10/13/cycling-through-covid...