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I would love to have the feedback of a few Chinese people that were living in China before the car transition on that subject. I remember Beijing in the 90s wit
by mahkeiro 5y ago
I would love to have the feedback of a few Chinese people that were living in China before the car transition on that subject. I remember Beijing in the 90s with thousands of bicycles and it was a big jungle! After that experience, I started to think that only mass transit is going to be a real solution for dense cities.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoEnormous bicycle traffic was a reality in Shanghai in the 2010s. (I'm not Chinese, but I lived there.) Has the car transition happened yet? Will it ever? It's extremely difficult -- and expensive -- to get a city license plate.
- refurb 5y agoGo to Singapore. Car ownership is at 11%. Very good mass transit. Plenty of fatalities since: 1) people still use taxis to get around, 2) you still need to transport cargo. Or go to a SE Asia country with few car. Motorbikes dominate and they try and avoid you but it’s nerve wracking. Plenty of bikers get crushed by trucks.
- analog31 5y agoI went to grad school in the early 90s. One of my friends from China told me a story, that he had gotten permission to buy a gas scooter. He said that he kept it for a few weeks, then got rid of it: The scooter could go no faster than a bike due to all of the bike traffic.