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I doubt that you'll get people to stop driving by simply building more public transportation, even if that was possible (it's often not because new tunnels are

I doubt that you'll get people to stop driving by simply building more public transportation, even if that was possible (it's often not because new tunnels are incredibly expensive and it's hard to fit new train lines into existing cities). A big issue with public transportation is other people. You don't have the criminally minded youth in your personal car, you don't have a homeless guy in your car, you don't have a mother on her phone while her children are crying at full volume while you're in your car. And I'm not a car-enthusiast. I don't have a car, I take my bike pretty much everywhere < 10km. But if worked in the city, I'd buy a car, even if it took longer, because I wouldn't want to ride the train each day with lots of people who haven't learned how to behave when they share space with others.

midoridensha 4y ago
>A big issue with public transportation is other people. You don't have the criminally minded youth in your personal car, you don't have a homeless guy in your car, you don't have a mother on her phone while her children are crying at full volume while you're in your car. I live in Tokyo, where everyone uses subways. None of these things are a problem here. >it's often not because new tunnels are incredibly expensive and it's hard to fit new train lines into existing cities) It's not hard to fit new train lines: you just build more tunnels. Even America has done this before: the DC Metro system was built mostly in the 1970s. Building new train lines is merely a matter of political will.
- luckylion 4y ago
  > I live in Tokyo, where everyone uses subways. None of these things are a problem here. We should all move to Tokyo then! Most societies are very different from Japan, so it very much is a problem if you're trying to increase public transportation there. > Building new train lines is merely a matter of political will. Possibly, and we don't have that will. Germany's energy policy with transition to renewable is lagging / failing because we can't build new & larger interconnections between regions because some field mice might be impacted or some neighbor doesn't want their view ruined.

midoridensha 4y ago

>A big issue with public transportation is other people. You don't have the criminally minded youth in your personal car, you don't have a homeless guy in your car, you don't have a mother on her phone while her children are crying at full volume while you're in your car. I live in Tokyo, where everyone uses subways. None of these things are a problem here. >it's often not because new tunnels are incredibly expensive and it's hard to fit new train lines into existing cities) It's not hard to fit new train lines: you just build more tunnels. Even America has done this before: the DC Metro system was built mostly in the 1970s. Building new train lines is merely a matter of political will.

luckylion 4y ago
> I live in Tokyo, where everyone uses subways. None of these things are a problem here. We should all move to Tokyo then! Most societies are very different from Japan, so it very much is a problem if you're trying to increase public transportation there. > Building new train lines is merely a matter of political will. Possibly, and we don't have that will. Germany's energy policy with transition to renewable is lagging / failing because we can't build new & larger interconnections between regions because some field mice might be impacted or some neighbor doesn't want their view ruined.