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How is it that Germany and Japan can maintain good urban planning despite being home to some of the largest car companies? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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Ever since ditching car culture and joining the urbanist cause (on the internet at least but that has to change), I've noticed that some countries always top the list when it comes to good urbanism. The first and most oblivious one tends to be The Netherlands but Germany and Japan also come pretty close. But that's strange considering that both countries have huge car industries. Germany is (arguably) the birthplace of the car (Benz Patent-Motorwagen) and is home to Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Japan is home to Toyota, Honda, Nissan and among others. How is it that these countries have been able to keep the auto lobby at bay and continue investing in their infrastructure?

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"The auto lobby at bay" sounds weird in the ears of a German whose city is being flooded with cars and whose life is being endangered by reckless drivers every day...

It's not as bad as the US but it's far from good. Germany is car brain country, and it shows in ugly ways.

[–] AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Generally i agree, is far from good. Where is it good though other than the Netherlands and a few select cities?

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

You got that right: The point is that it's good in only a very few places. The people complaining are not whining or so - car brainism really is a big, big problem all over the world.