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You're incorrect, you should consider all forms of electric transport - seems you're just referring to car ownership. If you're talking about scooters, bikes, m
by WhompingWindows 8y ago
You're incorrect, you should consider all forms of electric transport - seems you're just referring to car ownership. If you're talking about scooters, bikes, mopeds, skateboards - those are all coming in at an affordable level and comparable to someone who needs a beater to get around town.
- vkou 8y agoPoor people generally can't afford to live within bike or moped or good transit distance to work. A schoolteacher living in North Bend isn't going to moped 30 miles down a freeway to get to her workplace in Seattle.
- umeshunni 8y agoBut they can certainly hop on an electric bus (as some MetroKC buses are now)
- vkou 8y agoAnd only have a 2 hour one-way commute! As opposed to a 40 minute drive. It's truly a wonder that poor Americans aren't falling over head-over-heels to get on the non-automobile commute bandwagon. The bandwagon that either requires tripling their commute time, or living somewhere they can't afford. In next week's discussion of the subject, we will look at the trade-offs of suggesting that the peasantry, when they lack bread, should turn to eating cake.