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So, when is the US going to finally wisen up and switch back from automobile-focused to railway-focused transit? :-(
by einpoklum 5y ago
So, when is the US going to finally wisen up and switch back from automobile-focused to railway-focused transit? :-(
- twobitshifter 5y agoTo the way it once was, never. In many places, these glory days had a train on the tracks a couple times a day in each direction and that was attractive. People were happy sleeping on trains and the time taken to travel was usually less than the alternative of steam boats, dirt roads, or horseback. Even in the best case of NYC where much of its rail infrastructure stayed active, and the area population soared, subway ridership hasn’t bounced back to 1946.
- munk-a 5y agoAs soon as car ownership stops being culturally associated with maturity and freedom - and that's probably never going to happen.
- pessimizer 5y agoSo as soon as there's no money to be made in manufacturing cars.
- enriquto 5y agoIt's already happeneing. Many of us associate car ownership with immaturity, captivity, and a general sense of being annoying to oneself and others. Each morning, during my bike commute, I see thousands of car-drivers stuck inside their cages, stopped in traffic, and I feel sad for these poor people; and at the same time annoyed for the enormous space they take, the noise they make, the pollution, and how ugly their absurd machines are.
- nerdponx 5y agoIt's seen as freedom because transit sucks.
- betwixthewires 5y agoNever, we have airplanes.
- einpoklum 5y agohttps://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput Less than 2.5 M trips per day, so let's say 1M passengers per day. You don't have airplanes to replace land transit and your answer is irrelevant.
- betwixthewires 5y agoand my answer is irrelevant? Alright, what's the relevant answer then?