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Or there is a sane explanation - People drive cars -> People push their politicians to improve road infrastructure -> less money for other infrastructure -> tra
by general1726 1y ago
Or there is a sane explanation - People drive cars -> People push their politicians to improve road infrastructure -> less money for other infrastructure -> trains are underfunded -> trains and tracks are having maintenance issues a reliability starts to fall apart -> people drive cars even more.
- jeffbee 1y agoWhile I agree that fundamentally the issue is that Germans spend more on cars than any other European population (but nowhere near as much as Americans), there is also the detail that a large share of VWAG is owned by a German state.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoif you judge driving cars as 'sane', sure; I don't
- general1726 1y agoI am just opposed to "big auto" idea being responsible for lack of investments in train network.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoit's exactly this