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Yeah, what are those countries which are geographically vast, diverse and rich and rely on transit system for daily commute needs?
by geodel 5y ago
Yeah, what are those countries which are geographically vast, diverse and rich and rely on transit system for daily commute needs?
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI don't use public transit much -- I mostly walk everywhere -- and the OP only said The fact someone needs a car is itself a failure. There's no mention of public transit as a proposed solution.
- geodel 5y agoWell anything could be called failure if alternatives and their pros/cons not discussed. Good that you could walk everywhere. I can't, my knees hurt walking more than a mile or so. If I have no car and can't afford cab for everything, not sure how I would be better off.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI'm not asking you to give up your car. I'm only asking for a world that isn't so openly hostile to pedestrians and cyclists.
- hattmall 5y agoPedestrians are fine, cyclists have to admit they are doing it for their own personal pleasure at the time and expense of everyone else 99% of the time. I commuted by bicycle for many years because I lived somewhere that it was convenient and appropriate. I didn't impede traffic and delay other people. Cheap motorbikes need to be more widely available and utilized by any one who is cycling out of necessity in areas not intended for it. Bicycles should absolute be relegated to specialized infrastructure of which we should build more, but cyclists within regular vehicle traffic is mostly done for enjoyment and only inspires hatred and annoyance at bicycles in general which creates a feedback loop resulting in less support for bicycle infrastructure. Having to slow down traffic and wait to pass a bicycle only to have them filter back to the front at the next red light and make everyone slow down and pass them again repeatedly is a real contributor to gridlock.
- zozbot234 5y agoA bicycle takes up a lot less road space than a car, especially when it can smoothly filter through lanes. You know what contributes to gridlock? Too many cars on the road, that's what. Bicycles are not making traffic any worse.
- Mikeb85 5y agoI mentioned infrastructure. Public transit is infrastructure. It's implied and should be obvious.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoAt one time, I wanted to be an urban planner. Public transit is only one piece of infrastructure. Zoning and land use significantly impact how people and goods get around.
- guerrilla 5y agoSweden. I've never needed a car and live 50km from a city. The only people that need cars are those that literally live in the middle of the forest or need them for work.
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- geodel 5y agoWell in New York people commute this much distance. And even I lived about 25-30 miles from Washington DC without car. Is it applicable to whole USA that's the point.
- guerrilla 5y agoSorry, when I said city, I meant one with 60,000 people. The nearest city of the kind you're thinking is 5-6 hours away.
- eckesicle 5y agoThat's certainly NOT generalisable to Sweden as a whole. Rural Sweden is definitely not accessible by public transport as a whole.
- guerrilla 5y agoHas never been a problem in either Blekinge or Kalmar... almost every village has a bus line. I specifically excluded "literally living in the woods" though.
- ionicgiraffe 5y agoBut what about the time an planning of using public transport vs car?
- guerrilla 5y ago