Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.06.2017, Page 72

L I F E , T R AV E L & E N T E R TA I N M E N T I N I C E L A N D
Issue 09 × 2017
June 02 – June 15
www.grapevine.is
Urban Love
Song
Words: Björn Teitsson
It is well documented. How good it actually
feels. That first rush. That first time every-
thing is just right. You get comfortable in your
seat. Tighten that belt. With not much more
than a singular motion, you are transport-
ed from one place to another. Day or night,
it makes no difference. It feels like freedom.
Like there is nothing that can slow you down.
All thanks to that substance. All because of
that stuff.
There is no wonder that it is habit-forming.
Soon enough, the habit has become an addic-
tion. Always seeking the feeling of those early
days, those first few times where nothing was
in the way of pure bliss. But it’s not the same.
More is needed, add to the habit. And that’s
when it all goes downhill.
The more and more the habit is fed, the less
significant it becomes. It seems to require big-
ger and bigger doses, which, at the same time,
grow costlier and costlier. Everything seems
to take more time and the sacrifices made
are never sufficient. The habit becomes more
important than life itself. And more rapidly
than you think. Each time the habit is fed, you
destroy the organism. The one which was once
so full of life and unlimited potential.
Today, in 2017, there is a general consensus
among urban planners that adding another
traffic lane does not solve traffic problems.
It, however, induces more traffic. By adding
grade separations, overpasses, underpasses,
by feeding the habit, car congestion gets worse.
But there are loud voices of codependency.
There will be loud voices who owe every bit of
their financial and political success to prom-
ising and constructing roads, selling more
fuel, more cars, with all the carbon footprints
that “success” entails. Detroit went down that
road. A city planned and constructed accord-
ing to every wish of the motor industry. More
roads. More overpasses. More underpasses.
More of that asphalt stuff. Detroit filed for
bankruptcy in 2013, the largest city in history
to do so.
For Reykjavík, luckily, there is a way out.
Stop feeding the habit. Get healthy.
LAST WORDS
Photo: Art Bicnick
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