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> France has four times the population density of the United States. Fair enough. But that doesn't refute entirely the idea that collective transportation coul
by southerntofu 6y ago
> France has four times the population density of the United States.
Fair enough. But that doesn't refute entirely the idea that collective transportation could (not necessarily would) be more efficient / ecological.
- nobodyandproud 6y agoIt has its place, where the population is dense. In principle every city should have a well-running light rail or subway; and high speed trains can (and should) connect major metros. In reality, politics and NIMBYism makes this impossible. Eminent domain was meant to address this but somehow it’s abused for realtors and small-scale owners and not so much for grand, infrastructure projects that it was meant for. The United States could have gone a very direction, but we’re living with the legacy of Robert Moses—-who even then had to battle NIMBYism—who favored roads and cars.