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> European car commuter rates are almost identical to USA's. Do you have source for this? I believe this could be true now but I find this kind of arguing dism
by timeon 2y ago
> European car commuter rates are almost identical to USA's.
Do you have source for this? I believe this could be true now but I find this kind of arguing dismissive and missing the point.
I'm not from environment you have described. Still remmeber people in my East European corner were able to easily commute to work by bus/train without car. However since they got richer they adopted American commuter patterns more and this led to deterioration of public transport outside of urban areas.
No wonder people get "touchy" because you are not really arguing for those who are not "young healthy well-paid tech workers". But against them. It is not about just ditching the cars but changing whole design of living around the need of cars - which is the point that actually started this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43666410 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43666410
- mytailorisrich 2y agoThe thing is that public transport outside of dense urban areas is very expensive compared to the number of journeys. So as soon as you start considering cost and return on investment services tend to be reduced or shut down.
- flomo 2y ago> Do you have source for this? Great, some discord found this a couple days later and wants a google-a-thon. Since I don't know anything about "Europe", I don't care who is "european" enough to qualify for the 50% or 70% or whatever. Just that they have much better public transit, but still largely drive to work.