diff --git a/app/(aspects)/civil/visionzero/page.mdx b/app/(aspects)/civil/visionzero/page.mdx index 8b010234..70009c3f 100644 --- a/app/(aspects)/civil/visionzero/page.mdx +++ b/app/(aspects)/civil/visionzero/page.mdx @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ # 🚥 Towards Zero Traffic Deaths In 2017, I moved from my beloved birthplace, Rio de Janeiro, to advance my -career in the powerhouse that is São Paulo. One of the biggest improvements in -my quality of life came from going car-free. While I occasionally used a car to -visit in-laws or travel to the countryside, swapping the stress of driving and -the costs of maintaining a car for a mix of subway and bike-share cycling was a -game changer. This isn't the norm in São Paulo, but it was a newfound privilege -that became a key factor in my enjoyment of the city. +career in the powerhouse that is São Paulo. At the time, one of the biggest +improvements in my quality of life came from going car-free. While I +occasionally used a car to visit in-laws or travel to the countryside, swapping +the stress of driving and the costs of maintaining a car for a mix of subway and +bike-share cycling was a game-changer. This isn't the norm in São Paulo, but it +was a newfound privilege that became a key factor in my enjoyment of the city. Fast-forward a few years to 2023: the urbanist movement around 15-minute cities was growing stronger, the climate crisis was accelerating, active transportation -policies and experiments were becoming popular, and I was moving to Vancouver. -If my overall experience as city dweller improved in almost every way after -moving to São Paulo (except perhaps in the "beach time" axis), these gains -repeated tenfold in the "Greenest City". Plus, I got beaches back! Well, with -caveats, but I digress. +policies and experiments were becoming popular, and I was moving to Canada. If +my overall experience as city dweller improved in almost every way after moving +to São Paulo (except perhaps in the "beach time" axis), these gains increased +tenfold in Vancouver. Plus, I got beaches back! Well, with caveats, but I +digress. On one hand, I became more confident than ever that I can live a complete urban life without owning a car due to the decent amount of cycling infrastructure in -and near Downtown Vancouver, a transit system punching way above its weight for -the metro region size and population (by NA/LATAM standards), and the amount of -public-transit-accessible adventures - from turquoise lake hikes to snowboarding -mountaintops. +and near Downtown Vancouver, a transit system that punches way above its weight +for the metro region's size and population (by North American standards), and +the numerous adventures accessible by a combination of cycling and transit—from +turquoise lakes to ski resorts. On the other hand, progress is sometimes slow, sometimes non-existent, as waves of car-centrism ebb and flow more or less in synchrony with conservatism diff --git a/app/(aspects)/styles.module.css b/app/(aspects)/styles.module.css index 0e2c7e58..88111b54 100644 --- a/app/(aspects)/styles.module.css +++ b/app/(aspects)/styles.module.css @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .sidebar-floater { position: absolute; justify-content: center; - width: calc(30%); + width: calc(25%); left: 0; } .sidebar {