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>It's interesting to note that these people were the techno-optimists of their time. The thing is, people knew in this time period how inefficient cars were fo
by Zach_the_Lizard 11y ago
>It's interesting to note that these people were the techno-optimists of their time.
The thing is, people knew in this time period how inefficient cars were for moving people. Cars take up way more space than equivalent public transit and this was used in advertisements for streetcar companies (who were getting killed by congestion caused by cars).
- akgerber 11y agoSpecifically: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6853187005_135a28db2f_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6853187005_135a28db2f_z.j...
- superuser2 11y agoThe US is enormous. If we're all truly living far away from the cities then the space occupied by cars is not relevant. That wasn't their mistake - it was the energy costs and corresponding pollution.