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> Some people have mobility issues and can't bike or walk but can drive.

People with mobility issues have every right to use motorized forms of transport. That could be cars or other smaller vehicles (like motorized wheelchairs).

However, we should recognize that the number of people with mobility issues in a society where everyone grows up walking and biking a lot is less than one in which everyone travels by car. There are two opposing feedback loops here. In car-society there is feedback towards more mobility issues which cases even more motorized transport. In a walk-society there is a feedback toward less mobility issues leading to less motorized transport.



I currently have a mobility issue because I biked to work.

But, yes, obviously everyone generally being healthier because they walk more is good.




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