The conclusion I have come to is that humans have a very hard time understanding scarcity and our personal impact on the world. In part due to our evolving in a world where we were a minor species in a vast wilderness playing with sticks (as in I believe this is in our DNA), and in part due to our very short life spans.
based on that basic human trait, people get frustrated with the process of getting trails approved, maintenance of existing infrastructure is not as sexy, policy is boring, planning is mostly just talking, enforcement is non existent. most of us have jobs and just want to go ride our bikes and play in the woods and stick to the man for a few hours.
Oct. 26, 2023, 6:50 a.m. - Adrian Bostock
The conclusion I have come to is that humans have a very hard time understanding scarcity and our personal impact on the world. In part due to our evolving in a world where we were a minor species in a vast wilderness playing with sticks (as in I believe this is in our DNA), and in part due to our very short life spans. based on that basic human trait, people get frustrated with the process of getting trails approved, maintenance of existing infrastructure is not as sexy, policy is boring, planning is mostly just talking, enforcement is non existent. most of us have jobs and just want to go ride our bikes and play in the woods and stick to the man for a few hours.