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This plaza in downtown Guadalajara, Mexico, used to be a noisy, polluted car sewer. Now it's a place for people, bikes, and life, with underground rapid transit [Before pic in description]
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HaraldvonBlauzahn feddit.org HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52872413

How it used to look:

A better world exists if you want it.
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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#2 · Quote Reply

Car sewer is a funny euphemism.
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Postmortal_Pop lemmy.world Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-30
#3 · Quote Reply

Can someone explain how that bike steers? It's literally driving me insane.
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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-31
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply
NOT_RICK wrote:
Car sewer is a funny euphemism.

If you want to learn another new term: when a euphemism is negative, it's a dysphemism!
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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-31
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Postmortal_Pop wrote:
Can someone explain how that bike steers? It's literally driving me insane.

They usually have a linkage on the other side, e.g. https://www.amsterdam-bicycle.com/shop/cargo-bikes/cargo-classic-long/
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HaraldvonBlauzahn feddit.org HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-04-04
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Postmortal_Pop wrote:
Can someone explain how that bike steers? It's literally driving me insane.

The handlebar is in the mid, it is connected with steel rods to the front wheel.
Totally normal view in European cities now, these cargo bikes are very good to transport kids and a weekly shopping.
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Postmortal_Pop lemmy.world Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-30
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HaraldvonBlauzahn wrote:
The handlebar is in the mid, it is connected with steel rods to the front wheel. Totally normal view in European cities now, these cargo bikes are very good to transport kids and a weekly shopping.

Cool! Someone else posted links to a pic of the other side and I love it, I want to make one.
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Postmortal_Pop lemmy.world Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-30
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frongt wrote:
They usually have a linkage on the other side, e.g. https://www.amsterdam-bicycle.com/shop/cargo-bikes/cargo-classic-long/

Ok, I see how that works! I wanna build one!
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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
#9 · Quote Reply

We use to go there when all the roads were still either dirt or river rock. It was such a good time to be alive.
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