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Japan has very good public transport, and does not really need cars. In america the question is why invest in carbon based transportation? It is "obsolete tech

Japan has very good public transport, and does not really need cars. In america the question is why invest in carbon based transportation? It is "obsolete technology"! In japan cars are "obsolete"!

qubyte 5y ago
This isn’t correct. My family live in the countryside and they’re more than an hour drive from the nearest rail station. There are buses but only a couple a day and they take a very long time. Their situation is pretty common.
- tluyben2 5y ago
  Yeah, usually people who talk about good public transport in any country are talking about the (big) cities (probably the only place they visited). In cities in Portugal and Spain the public transport is good as well, but I lived outside those in both countries and you have no chance without a car if you have any urgency to get somewhere. A bus once a day (early morning) to pick up and once (early evening) to drop off; so if you rely on public transport, you lose 1 entire day if you go shopping.
kuroguro 5y ago
While US has a lot more cars, per capita Japan isn't that far behind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_...
wodenokoto 5y ago
Nobody drives in Tokyo. There’s too much traffic.
- pmyjavec 5y ago
  Less than half the population of Japan lives in Tokyo.
- cehrlich 5y ago
  Those two sentences seem a bit contradictory
  - josephjrobison 5y ago
    “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” -Yogi Berra
  - jokoon 5y ago
    well if traffic is generated by 1% of the population and if that traffic is already very crowded, it's almost true. that would mean the streets are very narrow.
  - pb82 5y ago
    It's a quote from Futurama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIrlZSYB6tE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIrlZSYB6tE (Nobody drove in New York, there was too much traffic)
  - remir 5y ago
    That's the joke.
    - Dylan16807 5y ago
      It's not a great joke because it's easy for both of those things to be true as long as you don't try to read "nobody" literally.
asutekku 5y ago
Totally inaccurate. While yes, you can get in densely populated areas almost anywhere near jy with a public transport, in countryside more and more lines are being stopped and car is a necessity
IkmoIkmo 5y ago
Not really.. Japan ranks among the top 10-15 countries in terms of cars per capita.

Japan has very good public transport, and does not really need cars. In america the question is why invest in carbon based transportation? It is "obsolete technology"! In japan cars are "obsolete"!

qubyte 5y ago

This isn’t correct. My family live in the countryside and they’re more than an hour drive from the nearest rail station. There are buses but only a couple a day and they take a very long time. Their situation is pretty common.

tluyben2 5y ago
Yeah, usually people who talk about good public transport in any country are talking about the (big) cities (probably the only place they visited). In cities in Portugal and Spain the public transport is good as well, but I lived outside those in both countries and you have no chance without a car if you have any urgency to get somewhere. A bus once a day (early morning) to pick up and once (early evening) to drop off; so if you rely on public transport, you lose 1 entire day if you go shopping.

kuroguro 5y ago

While US has a lot more cars, per capita Japan isn't that far behind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_...

wodenokoto 5y ago

Nobody drives in Tokyo. There’s too much traffic.

pmyjavec 5y ago
Less than half the population of Japan lives in Tokyo.
cehrlich 5y ago
Those two sentences seem a bit contradictory
- josephjrobison 5y ago
  “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” -Yogi Berra
- jokoon 5y ago
  well if traffic is generated by 1% of the population and if that traffic is already very crowded, it's almost true. that would mean the streets are very narrow.
- pb82 5y ago
  It's a quote from Futurama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIrlZSYB6tE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIrlZSYB6tE (Nobody drove in New York, there was too much traffic)
- remir 5y ago
  That's the joke.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    It's not a great joke because it's easy for both of those things to be true as long as you don't try to read "nobody" literally.

asutekku 5y ago

Totally inaccurate. While yes, you can get in densely populated areas almost anywhere near jy with a public transport, in countryside more and more lines are being stopped and car is a necessity

IkmoIkmo 5y ago

Not really.. Japan ranks among the top 10-15 countries in terms of cars per capita.