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1) Less electric vehicles. One per household at most. As lightweight as possible, also (that means less range, unfortunately). 2) Electric bicycles and scooter
by mrpopo 7y ago
1) Less electric vehicles. One per household at most. As lightweight as possible, also (that means less range, unfortunately).
2) Electric bicycles and scooters. These are lightweight by design.
3) Public transportation.
We didn't go through the industrial revolution to go back to horses. All the solutions above are not available/appealing at the moment because of "bad" urban planning (cities and infrastructure built around cars).
Things cannot change in a day, and the transition must start now, so electric vehicles cannot be avoided, but the urban transition must also happen quickly.
- adinobro 7y agoElectric bicycles and scooters are amazing. They are the most common form of transport in China as far as I can tell...
- mcny 7y agoAnd increased spending in public transit including more automation while gutting pay to near minimum wage (which we should increase to a living wage ~$15) for public transit workers. Make public transit zero fare. We can pay for it with increased property taxes which should also help cool down speculative investment. The focus going forward should be on mass transit and not on cars.
- dillonmckay 7y agoEzcept for non-profit universities buying up all the real estate and not paying taxes on the properties.
- snovv_crash 7y agoWhy should they get a break on property taxes? You don't get to mooch off of society's infrastructure just because you don't try to make money.