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They must be widening the highways because the hydrogen and electric vehicles will be so cheap, everyone is going to start driving. Even the folks who did not d
by susosudo 3y ago
They must be widening the highways because the hydrogen and electric vehicles will be so cheap, everyone is going to start driving. Even the folks who did not drive before. They clearly know something we don't.
- Sharlin 3y agoThey’re widening highways because that’s what they have been doing for almost a century to try to alleviate congestion, and it has never worked except for very momentarily. But that’s the only thing they know, on an institutional level, so that’s what they keep doing. Problem, hammer, nail. Source of motive power has nothing to do with the main issue with cars, which is the fact that there are no extra dimensions in which to physically fit them all.
- havblue 3y agoA theory is that increased safety and environmental standards have an added benefit: they make cars so expensive to build and maintain that fewer people will be able to afford them, forcing more and more people to use public transportation. So widening roads will eventually not be a problem for politicians anymore, even if it is now.