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I think we’re not really willing to up the standards because you need to drive to survive in a lot of places. You can’t change your genetics, you can’t necessa
by thrashh 4y ago
I think we’re not really willing to up the standards because you need to drive to survive in a lot of places.
You can’t change your genetics, you can’t necessarily change where you live, and you can’t just fix transit without rebuilding an entire city that took 100+ years to build so the standards are just what they have to be
Over the last many decades, we’ve starting requiring things like backup cameras because cars naturally break down and so it’s something we can actually change on a short timescale (but it does add a lot of cost)
Fixing transit is a long timescale thing
- c-cube 4y agoA lot of cities were rebuilt in the 1950s to accommodate cars and car oriented design, destroying neighborhoods in the process. Before that they had public transport and better walkability. The real solution is to undo that.