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That sounds nice, but you will not get that movement going unless there is a reason for people to give up their car. The obvious suggestion would be to gradual
by hvidgaard 10y ago
That sounds nice, but you will not get that movement going unless there is a reason for people to give up their car.
The obvious suggestion would be to gradually make it more expensive to drive, and then gradually improve transportation and housing to deal with less cars pr household.
/Edit: I meant to say you do both simultaneously. LEaving the original text up because the replies were made in that context.
- ehnto 10y agoOur city made it more expensive to park in the city through taxation. The result was people pay more for parking. Cars and buses are just as backed up, and there are no new rail services. The public transit system was already failing to deliver it's existing customers. Infrastructure must come before taxation as a way to motivate people. It just doesn't make sense to make people pay for a failing of public infrastructure as a way of encouraging them to use said failing infrastructure.
- hvidgaard 10y agoI meant to say, do both simultaneously.
- ehnto 10y agoAh I see, in fact you said it well already I was just too quick to reply! This is definitely an issue I am passionate about, mostly because I want to live in the city that eventually gets this right.
- CalRobert 10y agoMore than infrastructure, zoning and regulations preventing transit from being effective need to be in place. Hell, in an ideal city you don't even need transit as much because you can walk and cycle everywhere. Remove the need to traverse miles and miles of asphalt by letting people live near where they work and recreate and you may find that expensive rail line isn't even necessary. Also, if the buses are backed up they need their own lane. If they don't have one it's hardly even transit.
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