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Public transportation is quite good in Europe compared to say, the USA, where car companies purchased intranational train tracks, dismantled them for highways
by hellbanner 12y ago
Public transportation is quite good in Europe compared to say, the USA, where car companies purchased intranational train tracks, dismantled them for highways
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspi...
- baddox 12y agoI suspect Europe's population density being 3 times that of the USA doesn't hurt either.
- WildUtah 12y agoNational population density is irrelevant. US population is just as urban as Europe. The lower USA average mostly reflects the southwest deserts and Alaska where very little rural population exists. The low density of car-oriented US suburbs was mandated by socialist central land use planning from Washington and the motorcar industry that wanted to require Americans to each own a car. Standards were written centrally and local governments were required to make them law with grants, national bank regulations that required them for lending, and professional standards organizations that made civil engineers agree to them for licensure. The more market driven land use in European cities promotes walking and transit more than personal motoring.