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It is political. Designing everything around cars benefits the class of people called "Car Owners". Not so much people who don't have the money or desire to buy

It is political. Designing everything around cars benefits the class of people called "Car Owners". Not so much people who don't have the money or desire to buy a car. Although, congestion pricing is a good counter-example. On the surface it looks like it is designed to benefit users of public transportation. But turns out it also benefits car-owners, because it reduces traffic jams and lets you get to your destination with your own car faster.

jatari 9mo ago
>Designing everything around cars benefits the class of people called "Car Owners". Designing everything around cars hurts everyone including car owners. Having no option but to drive everywhere just sucks.
- mlinhares 9mo ago
  But the AD for my Cadillac says I’m an incredible person for driving it, that cant be wrong.
zephen 9mo ago
No, it benefits car manufacturers and sellers, and mechanics and gas stations. Network/snowball effects are not all good. If local businesses close because everybody drives to WalMart to save a buck, now other people around those local businesses also have to buy a car. I remember a couple of decades ago when some bus companies in the UK were privatized, and they cut out the "unprofitable" feeder routes. Guess what? More people in cars, and those people didn't just park and take the bus when they got to the main route, either.
- b00ty4breakfast 9mo ago
  >No, it benefits car manufacturers and sellers, and mechanics and gas stations. Everybody thinks they're customers when they buy a car, but they're really the product. These industries, and others, are the real customers
  - zephen 9mo ago
    > Everybody thinks they're customers So much so that my comment attracted downvotes. C'est la vie.
camgunz 9mo ago
But having a car is kind of bad. Maybe you remember when everyone smoked, and there was stuff for smokers everywhere. Sure that made it easier for smokers, but ultimately that wasn't good for them (nor anyone around them).

jatari 9mo ago

>Designing everything around cars benefits the class of people called "Car Owners". Designing everything around cars hurts everyone including car owners. Having no option but to drive everywhere just sucks.

mlinhares 9mo ago
But the AD for my Cadillac says I’m an incredible person for driving it, that cant be wrong.

zephen 9mo ago

No, it benefits car manufacturers and sellers, and mechanics and gas stations. Network/snowball effects are not all good. If local businesses close because everybody drives to WalMart to save a buck, now other people around those local businesses also have to buy a car. I remember a couple of decades ago when some bus companies in the UK were privatized, and they cut out the "unprofitable" feeder routes. Guess what? More people in cars, and those people didn't just park and take the bus when they got to the main route, either.

b00ty4breakfast 9mo ago
>No, it benefits car manufacturers and sellers, and mechanics and gas stations. Everybody thinks they're customers when they buy a car, but they're really the product. These industries, and others, are the real customers
- zephen 9mo ago
  > Everybody thinks they're customers So much so that my comment attracted downvotes. C'est la vie.

camgunz 9mo ago

But having a car is kind of bad. Maybe you remember when everyone smoked, and there was stuff for smokers everywhere. Sure that made it easier for smokers, but ultimately that wasn't good for them (nor anyone around them).