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Very few people live in the center or South Helsinki. Everywhere else and outside the core peak of the rush hour the car is so much faster that it's like a supe
by Gravityloss 12y ago
Very few people live in the center or South Helsinki. Everywhere else and outside the core peak of the rush hour the car is so much faster that it's like a superpower. Car is king, bicycle comes second and with public traffic you can get to places eventually.
It is frustrating to experience slightly broken public transport infrastructure all the time. Whereas if I drive my car, I have spent enough money that it just works. I don't get angry or sad when looking at my car. It is a good car. I do get angry when I sit in a thrashing tram or know to ignore the metro ETA signs. Or have to wait 30 minutes for an urban train. So psychologically, public transport feels like you just being there and having to passively take what is given. And it is not always very good. If they can't be arsed to fix a display that shows minutes to the next metro, do the passengers feel respected and cared about?
I blame bad procurement/manufacturers in case of the trams and metro. There have been atrocious design errors by international big companies. Luckily some have been avoided in later procurement.
Maybe its the case like with government web sites. A lot of money is spent and results are often meager.