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There's nothing wrong with providing incentives for other forms of transport, like road tolls, bus/bike lanes, decent pedestrian crossings, etc. Otherwise you e
by guitarbill 8y ago
There's nothing wrong with providing incentives for other forms of transport, like road tolls, bus/bike lanes, decent pedestrian crossings, etc. Otherwise you end up with cities optimised for vehicle traffic, like almost everywhere in the US. This limits growth (easier to add more capacity to public transport, more difficult to increase infrastructure to support the equivalent number of cars if you're out of space) and cost the city more to maintain, plus shitty commutes significantly reduce the quality of life (at least IMO, I guess some people might want to be stuck in a car and have an hour or two less with friends or family).
- closeparen 8y agoThe incentives for the other forms of transport should be to make them better than the status quo, not to make the status quo worse until they start to look good.
- magduf 8y ago>plus shitty commutes significantly reduce the quality of life (at least IMO, I guess some people might want to be stuck in a car and have an hour or two less with friends or family). Actually, you'd be surprised. I've met tons of Americans who actually like long commutes, and refuse to live too close to work. They seem to live having some kind of separation, and having to spend a lot of time in the car driving there every day. It boggles my mind.
- closeparen 8y agoIf you have an open office at work and a family at home, the commute might be your only access to solitude. Some people need that.
- magduf 8y agoSo we're going to burn incredible amounts of fossil fuel and destroy the ecosystem because a bunch of morons can't figure out how to go find someplace quiet to sit for a while? And why can't these idiots get their families to leave them alone for a while in their bedroom or whatever?