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When there is nearly nothing within walking distance to interest a young person and it is near-lethal to bicycle, he or she must relinquish autonomy — a capacity every creature must develop just as much as strength and endurance.
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Richard J. Jackson, professor and chairman of environmental health sciences at UCLA, and author of “Designing Healthy Communities”.
via What Is Car Culture Doing to Our Children? nytimes blog, 31.01.12.
