Andres S

@claralistensprechen5th @rejinl @ECEC She said ‘street trees’, which are have shown clear benefits to dense cities all over the world. They’re incompatible with on-street parking, though.

@claralistensprechen5th @ECEC *sigh*

City streets are _not_ specifically for cars. Freeways aren’t even specifically for cars (buses, trucks), but city streets in particular are definitely not just for cars.

Tree roots are a solved problem. Lots of city master plans and similar documents have a list of trees allowed in the public right-of-way that have root systems compatible with sidewalks and roads. Some trees have roots that buckle concrete, others have roots that don’t. Choose wisely.

@ECEC Good lord the number of replies here from people whose brains have been destroyed by “planners”…

1. Trees lower the urban heat island effect.
2. There’s plenty of room for trees in dense places, so long as “density” means efficient housing and efficient transportation rather than parking lots and stroads and single-family homes.
3. Someone said “trees require maintenance”, as if asphalt & pretty much everything doesn’t require maintenance?
4. Trees harm cars. But cars harm cars too!

@claralistensprechen5th @ECEC Sounds like the problem is cars, not trees.

#FuckCars