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Lot of comments on building public transit first, before removing parking minimums. Public transit takes forever to build and its impossible to build usable tra

Lot of comments on building public transit first, before removing parking minimums. Public transit takes forever to build and its impossible to build usable transit with suburban sprawl. Usable transit --> reach destination in a reasonable time. Instead of public transit, cities should encourage Uber/Lyft. Car payments + insurance + gas + repairs/maintenance + parking might be close to $800 - $1000/month for most people. Thats probably just the amount that works for ditching car and just use Uber.

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Moldoteck 3y ago
Public transit can be built fast. Replacing ppls cars with uber is nonsense: most trips are when ppl go to work and to home, so at peak hours all ppl need cars, so you need abt the same nr of cars with uber just like with personal cars, you don't solve congestion. That's why public transport wins, you get one unit to transport a lot of ppl, that's why uber/lyft are total bs for replacing good transit. There's no way you'll get faster to the destination if all ppl used uber vs a good built tram system, each tram with 7 wagons, 5 mins max between stops, priority at semaphores+dedicated lanes, the capacity is basically unbeatable by cars, it's just math and physics
- bombcar 3y ago
  The average passengers per bus-mile in the USA is incredibly depressing. (It is very hard to have a transit system that handles capacity at load and still provides short enough head times as to not be annoying off-peak.)
  - Moldoteck 3y ago
    That's bc it's poorly designed and low density. A transit with own lane+priority on intersection will mean you get reliably to the destination every single time and fast. Ditching park mins will allow building more housing and as result will increase the density too. That's chicken and egg problem and cities must start tackling it by having some budget loss at the beginning by building better transit
hightrix 3y ago
I own my car outright. I do my own oil changes and other minor maintenance. My only consistent cost is gas. No way in hell could you get me to agree to give up my car and use rentals/Uber/Lyft for everything. As a home owner, Uber and Lyft would fit my need about 50% of the time, maybe less, as I can’t run to Home Depot to pick up a load of rock/mulch/etc in an Uber. Sure, I could rent one of their trucks, but now I’m paying for an Uber both ways, and the rental truck, just to do a quick run to Home Depot. I understand this may work for people in densely populated areas. But for the vast majority of everyone in the US, this would not be possible.

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Moldoteck 3y ago

Public transit can be built fast. Replacing ppls cars with uber is nonsense: most trips are when ppl go to work and to home, so at peak hours all ppl need cars, so you need abt the same nr of cars with uber just like with personal cars, you don't solve congestion. That's why public transport wins, you get one unit to transport a lot of ppl, that's why uber/lyft are total bs for replacing good transit. There's no way you'll get faster to the destination if all ppl used uber vs a good built tram system, each tram with 7 wagons, 5 mins max between stops, priority at semaphores+dedicated lanes, the capacity is basically unbeatable by cars, it's just math and physics

bombcar 3y ago
The average passengers per bus-mile in the USA is incredibly depressing. (It is very hard to have a transit system that handles capacity at load and still provides short enough head times as to not be annoying off-peak.)
- Moldoteck 3y ago
  That's bc it's poorly designed and low density. A transit with own lane+priority on intersection will mean you get reliably to the destination every single time and fast. Ditching park mins will allow building more housing and as result will increase the density too. That's chicken and egg problem and cities must start tackling it by having some budget loss at the beginning by building better transit

hightrix 3y ago

I own my car outright. I do my own oil changes and other minor maintenance. My only consistent cost is gas. No way in hell could you get me to agree to give up my car and use rentals/Uber/Lyft for everything. As a home owner, Uber and Lyft would fit my need about 50% of the time, maybe less, as I can’t run to Home Depot to pick up a load of rock/mulch/etc in an Uber. Sure, I could rent one of their trucks, but now I’m paying for an Uber both ways, and the rental truck, just to do a quick run to Home Depot. I understand this may work for people in densely populated areas. But for the vast majority of everyone in the US, this would not be possible.