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Ok, it’s a cousin of European Opel Rocks-e or it’s clone Citroën Ami. Never understood who are the buyers of such vehicles. Ideally it’s for cities. But cities

by lnsru 4y ago

Ok, it’s a cousin of European Opel Rocks-e or it’s clone Citroën Ami. Never understood who are the buyers of such vehicles. Ideally it’s for cities. But cities normally already have public transportation. For countryside they are dangerously too slow.

brnt 4y ago
The Ami goes 60km/h, that's fast enough for short trips in the countryside. In fact, most nonurban roads around here are limited at 60 anyway.
constantcrying 4y ago
>But cities normally already have public transportation. Public transportation is slow, especially if you are living in the outer parts of a city using a car can easily cut commutes in half. Those cars clearly are for cities, but if you think public transport comes even close for convenience, speed, hygiene, you are not using public transportation.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  Fact is public transportation is mostly slow due to cars. Remove all the cars, buses and tramway don't have to wait at traffic lights or behind cars, you can more easily increase their frequency and they end up only marginally slower than cars in a city free of traffic and faster than cars being operated in busy city and by drivers obeying rules. Especially if combined with other mode of transports (bicycle, scooters, skates...). All the things that slow us in an urban setting like traffic jams, speed bumps, traffic lights exist because of the huge flow of individual passenger cars.
  - chuckwolfe 4y ago
    Even the subway is slow, or it’s overcrowded, or it’s really late, or there’s crime issues. Tons of ways the commute can slow you down no matter what you do. It’s the people that are the problem, maybe I’m a bit of a hermit
  - constantcrying 4y ago
    >Fact is public transportation is mostly slow due to cars. 90% of my daily commute are by train. The bus is, if anything, slowd down minimally by cars. Remove all cars and I am 2 minutes earlier at work, by train. If I use the car it is about 15 to 30 minutes. This is a complete non argument. You take a train because your commute is long, trains are not impacted by cars.

by lnsru 4y ago

brnt 4y ago

The Ami goes 60km/h, that's fast enough for short trips in the countryside. In fact, most nonurban roads around here are limited at 60 anyway.

constantcrying 4y ago

>But cities normally already have public transportation. Public transportation is slow, especially if you are living in the outer parts of a city using a car can easily cut commutes in half. Those cars clearly are for cities, but if you think public transport comes even close for convenience, speed, hygiene, you are not using public transportation.

prmoustache 4y ago
Fact is public transportation is mostly slow due to cars. Remove all the cars, buses and tramway don't have to wait at traffic lights or behind cars, you can more easily increase their frequency and they end up only marginally slower than cars in a city free of traffic and faster than cars being operated in busy city and by drivers obeying rules. Especially if combined with other mode of transports (bicycle, scooters, skates...). All the things that slow us in an urban setting like traffic jams, speed bumps, traffic lights exist because of the huge flow of individual passenger cars.
- chuckwolfe 4y ago
  Even the subway is slow, or it’s overcrowded, or it’s really late, or there’s crime issues. Tons of ways the commute can slow you down no matter what you do. It’s the people that are the problem, maybe I’m a bit of a hermit
- constantcrying 4y ago
  >Fact is public transportation is mostly slow due to cars. 90% of my daily commute are by train. The bus is, if anything, slowd down minimally by cars. Remove all cars and I am 2 minutes earlier at work, by train. If I use the car it is about 15 to 30 minutes. This is a complete non argument. You take a train because your commute is long, trains are not impacted by cars.