Imagine if, tomorrow, everyone at the Williamsburg Trader Joe's was forced to shop with a full-sized cart. No matter how urgent their trip, or how few groceries they needed, they *had* to take up a cart's worth of floor space. This is our city on cars. 🧵
Great analogy!!
Next time you're at the grocery store, look around. Especially if you're in a city, or a neighborhood with many students, you'll see people shopping with canvas bags, backpacks, baskets, granny carts. These are pedestrians, bikes, and buses of the grocery world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_oW... Always reminds me of this (even if it is a commercial).
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
This is awesome 🛒 (Except that in the UK carts are called trolleys which is what Americans call trams, so the analogy gets deeply confusing)
And the irony of many driving to the supermarket and then choosing to use a basket.
Anecdotal, but the people at my local Fred Meyer like the little zippy small-form factor carts. People clearly are craving public transit... :D
This is the best analogy I’ve read. Relatable. Apt.
Good thread. Semi-related: during the pandemic, the Wegmans near me got rid of shopping baskets in the mistaken belief that they were COVID vectors.