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Trains are like a monolithic architecture while cars/roads are like micro services. A failure in part of the system can't affect other parts as easily. There a
by curioussavage 10y ago
Trains are like a monolithic architecture while cars/roads are like micro services. A failure in part of the system can't affect other parts as easily.
There are many good reasons why cars have won over all in the US.
Whether people should need a car is not(and shouldn't be) determined by your arbitrary moral judgment. It depends on their actual circumstances.
- return0 10y ago> There are many good reasons why cars have won over all in the US. Given how trains have won over in Europe, its got more to do with city planning.
- curioussavage 10y agoThat's oversimplification, Europe is a very different place with different history/geography/cultures. For one thing, everyone in Europe is squished together (relatively speaking) and has been for centuries. Just because we could plan all our cities around trains doesn't mean Americans will want to. I think a lot of people here are overconfident about how much better it would be if we just build trains all over. Not all of us want to wait around everyday to be packed into a smelly, dirty disease distribution system that can shut down your commute for hours or take away your ability to get anywhere for days when they have maintenance issues.