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Unlike Europe, most of the urban infrastructure of the United states centers around the automobile. I'm not referring to roads vs train tracks. I'm referring to
by crimsonalucard 12y ago
Unlike Europe, most of the urban infrastructure of the United states centers around the automobile. I'm not referring to roads vs train tracks. I'm referring to density Of the population. Our suburban cul De sacs make most forms of rail based public transportation prohibitely expensive to build. Only in a high density city like nyc would this make sense.
To address the problem we need to dramitcally change our cities.
- rational-future 12y agoUS is no longer the center of the world. EU and China have comparable industrial capability. Maybe OP's idea will work for them.
- crimsonalucard 12y agoI also want to mention that in NYC and many major metropolitan cities in the world, your proposal has already been implemented. It's called a subway.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y ago> To address the problem we need to dramitcally change our cities. I am continually amazed at the angst it causes many people when you suggest that the current American way of life will have to change. When you say that in 20 years people won't be driving everywhere a lot of folks really freak out. The arithmetic plainly indicates we simply will not all be driving or riding in cars regularly in the future. Hydrogen vs. lithium batteries vs. gasoline doesn't even enter into it. There simply won't be the joules for everyone to get about that way. People will be walking, bicycling, and riding boring old 19th century speed trains. Peak Oil is now-ish and nothing else is set to provide the joules necessary to power personal vehicles on the current scale, regardless of vehicle power plants.