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Making cars a requirement for participating in society, across all socioeconomic levels, was a mistake. Now, lacking a car can put people into economic crisis.
by philip1209 20d ago
Making cars a requirement for participating in society, across all socioeconomic levels, was a mistake. Now, lacking a car can put people into economic crisis.
We can correct this by investing in public transportation and getting rid of government-provided free parking.
- soramimo 20d agoI agree, plus we need to make public transit safer and cleaner (I live in Los Angeles and love the metro, but it can be edgy).
- someguydave 20d agoIf people can’t afford to pay for an accident then they should not be driving
- mitxela 20d agoIf people want to die in a ditch they should not be driving. Americans have to drive to get money and have to get money to eat.
- ndsipa_pomu 20d agoIt's better to use the term "collision" as "accident" is loaded and implies that no-one is at fault or to blame. There's a long history of car industry bodies changing the narrative around traffic collisions in reporting (e.g. use of passive voice and not mentioning a driver).
- Gud 20d agoIt was not a mistake, it was done deliberately.
- TiredOfLife 20d agoIn the US. Rest of the world has functioning public transport.
- Klaster_1 20d agoCyprus, a member of EU, barely has any public transport.
- snapplebobapple 20d agoIts not juat investment, *ts rules overhaul to make the regulatory burden of development of public transit as small as possible because that is mostly what is screwing up inv#sting in public transport