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The USA has a very poor public transport infrastructure, it's very difficult to live without a car, and in some areas it's plain impossible. Build the infrastru
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
The USA has a very poor public transport infrastructure, it's very difficult to live without a car, and in some areas it's plain impossible. Build the infrastructure first, then we can talk about reducing the number of cars.
- lucideer 5y agoThat's somewhat putting the cart before the horse. In high-density areas, the existence of cars & car-supporting infrastructure are active barriers to public transport improvement. If there's any genuine desire for improvement in public transport in the US, a holistic approach has to be on the table. Anything else is just an excuse not to bother.
- xvector 5y agoIf people are encouraged to dump their net worth into vehicles then we will never solve the problem due to the fact that most people engage in sunk cost fallacy with their purchases, especially large ones.
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- adrianN 5y agoIt's impossible to build the infrastructure without taking away space from cars and/or drastically changing zoning.
- yesco 5y agoI think it's important to emphasize that, in the US, it's not "some" areas that are just plain impossible to live in without driving; it's the overwhelming majority. Time and time again I see Europeans and even some people who live in the US (but who have only lived in Cities) who completely underestimate the magnitude of this.