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Train infrastructure is simply not economical by comparison to buses. You could have a bus system as good as, say, Buenos Aires, if you were willing to let it
by cryptonector 7y ago
Train infrastructure is simply not economical by comparison to buses. You could have a bus system as good as, say, Buenos Aires, if you were willing to let it be run by the private sector. Cars are not entirely replaceable by trains and buses. But if you replace N privately-owned, mostly unused cars with N/10 privately-owned _shared_/rental/taxi cars whose utilization is much more than 10x that of the average privately-owned non-shared/rental/taxi car in the city, then you win big even if you also improve buses and even trains.
- kiliantics 7y agoI would be happy with more buses or trams or any other kind of mass transit option. As long as the space taken up by private cars is drastically reduced and the resulting space repurposed for actual public use. Public space is currently completely wasted by being disproportionately allocated for cars, many of them completely unused and taking up space for free. Buses and trains may not completely serve all the needs which cars can, but almost all of the remaining transit needs can be easily taken care of by bicycles, which should also be a much higher priority in the city. Either way, it really is a no-brainer that we must de-prioritise cars.