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Fixed it for you: EVs are a textbook case in falling in love with a solution, not the problem. The focus should be on producing an efficient, reliable and cost
by TSiege 3y ago
Fixed it for you:
EVs are a textbook case in falling in love with a solution, not the problem. The focus should be on producing an efficient, reliable and cost effective _public transit systems_ that are widely accessible to as many people as possible.
- phan 3y agoThat grossly ignores the majority of rural america where public transit systems will never effectively serve their needs given the economics
- wkat4242 3y agoThat's why public transport shouldn't be left to the market. The benefits to society are huge in terms of environment so it's well worth subsidizing it.
- specialist 3y agoAnd what of suburbia? Must us urbanites continue to support their lifestyle, to our own detriment? Many rural areas continue to provide real value. So we're only too happy to accommodate them. But the suburbs? Not so much.
- davidf18 3y agoI live in NYC and subways (with both express as well as local) are very time efficient, especially during the few hours of rush hour. My iPhone appointments would tell me to leave 45 mins early since it assumed I as using a car, but the real transit time including walking was 15 mins using subways. Changing zoning laws so that there is more density would shift demand to mass transit.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoDevils advocate here - if you tax buses according to the road wear they cause they’d be nowhere near affordable…