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One thing I never see addressed with the dream of ending cars and just having bikes is how do first responders operate? How do you transport unconscious people to the hospital? Put out an apartment fire? Get to an armed robbery in time to stop it?
Bikes are great but they also aren't an end all be all solution to society.
"never see addressed"? What do you think currently happens in (real, non-hypothetical) cities with good bike infrastructure?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dHFC31VtQ&t=365
Oh look, emergency vehicles work even better on bike infrastructure than on car infrastructure
Bicylists and pedestrians can't hard block a firetruck the way car traffic can
No one wants to eliminate fire trucks and ambulances in favour of bikes.
When people talk about "ending cars" they're talking about private ownership of personal vehicles. It's not necessary to address first responders because that's not what anti-car people are talking about.