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I'm in European city with great public transport, and my commute is 50 minutes by bus or 20 minutes by car (one way). Every time someone says "we should forbid
by glogla 7y ago
I'm in European city with great public transport, and my commute is 50 minutes by bus or 20 minutes by car (one way).
Every time someone says "we should forbid cars in cities", I hear "we should take away 1 hour a day from your family, you should sit in bus instead". (or more likely stand, since the bus is always full)
I'm not fan of that.
- arkh 7y agoPart of the solution is to invest in internet infrastructure and encourage work from home when it is possible. People waste less time and for those who have to get somewhere for their job there is less traffic.
- thatcodingdude 7y agoThis, so much. I am not needed in cities and should do my part by never setting a foot there again. Just send me specs and I'll code them from home. I'll only leave once a week for groceries.
- systemtest 7y agoMy commute by car is 45 minutes, 60 minutes by public transport. I still take public transport. In a car I need to be focused for the full 45 minutes and be stuck in traffic, having nothing to do. In the train I can put my laptop on the table and work for 35 minutes straight before I need to switch to the subway. I can also recline the seat and take a 35 minute nap instead. It's amazing and really adds to my quality of life.
- tom_mellior 7y agoTo be fair, people are mostly saying "we should forbid cars in city centers". Presumably your commute is so much longer on public transport because neither your home nor your job is in the city center and there are fewer lines out there? Not saying that you deserve to suffer if that's the case, but also probably people aren't coming for cars in your neighborhood first.