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Couldn’t resist but China is same land size and 4+ times the population of USA yet they do have a huge high speed network and pubic transport The issue therefo
by gbil 3y ago
Couldn’t resist but China is same land size and 4+ times the population of USA yet they do have a huge high speed network and pubic transport
The issue therefore is not size but attitude/will to have public transport
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoChina doesn't see diversity as their strength.
- bushbaba 3y ago4 times the population for the same land size means greater density to justify rail transport. The car is actually an amazing transport concept. And very hard to beat
- throwaway4220 3y agoPetroleum is also an amazing concept and hard to beat doesn’t mean we should not try to improve things
- ashayh 3y ago|The car is actually an amazing transport concept. And very hard to beat You do know you can have the best of both? Germany (where BMWs, Mercs, Audis are made), France, Japan, Switzerland etc have no shortage of easy, high end mass public transport with luxurious options for long trips. Or you buy/rent cars if you need to drive, or insist on driving. If a Texan could get by with $500 a month on public transport, instead of $1000 on a car, they could go on a long vacation, and rent a Ferrari with the money saved in a year.
- JWLong 3y agoYou can frame this as a lack of political willpower, but that won’t get you closer. China will have spent far less per commuter, in this process. Whether you want to chalk it up to the lack of certain standards in China, or onerous regulations in the US, doesn’t matter. End result will be the same. Just like Europe is not a fair comparison for the US, neither is China, or Siberia, for that matter.