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rtxn@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoUh, yes, actually. I know someone like you can’t even fathom the possibility of a public transit system being well-built, but we’ve got 80 bus and trolley lines criss-crossing the city.
DasAlbatross@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And all the world is cities! There’s noooooooooo other type of living. Your egocentric view of the world is going to carry you really far.
rtxn@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Did you hallucinate that I said anything like it or something? Obviously not every situation is solved by the same concept. Dense city centres – sidewalks, bike paths, trams, human-scale infrastructure. Suburban areas – abolish Euclidean zoning, European-style grid streets, buses, local light rail services. Inter-city transit – high-speed rail. Smaller villages and towns – regional rail. It’s an issue that most of the developed world has solved.
Public transit is not supposed to replace cars altogether, but give people another choice. A transit system that is built well, operated well, and cheap, will reduce the reliance on cars, and make the streets safer for people or services that have to use cars.
MichaelScotch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Public transport can, and does work in rural areas too.