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Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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Bike lanes are good for business, but store owners still hate them (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Cort 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't think that's 100% true. I know they're building a walkable, car fee suburb in Phoenix/mesa. And at least in my area (Southern Hamilton county Indiana) they're building more and more multi use pathways for cyclists and pedestrians along the major roads to businesses and schools.

You should totally pull up Google maps and select cycling routes in that area (near Carmel) and tell me what you think. It's not just scenic trails through neighborhoods, but actually useful routes to places you want to shop or hang out.