Comment on Too bad we can't have good public transportation
WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not just trains but all transportation services and systems is severely lacking in this country. Along with crumbling infrastructure and terrible build quality of cars and trucks and you got a recipe for disaster. But no one will care cuz Merica!
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
yeah it’s so funny when people think the US has good car infrastructure, the truth is that the US just generally fucking sucks
yeah sure there’s a lot of interstate highways which i guess you can consider good, but most people aren’t using them for very large distances, most people are driving to and from work every day and that part is so hilariously miserable that i don’t think people in the rest of the world truly believe it’s a real thing that happens…
WanderWisley@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Agreed! I live in a very rural part of the country and the conditions of the roads and highways are laughable.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
not just that, but the design itself is often actively counterproductive, and the fact that driving is often the only way to get around means the roads are forced to handle an insane amount of traffic.
i like to say that the nordics are an example of actual car-centric design: the roads are simple and efficient and the other modes of transport are good enough, which means there aren’t thousands and thousands of incompetent and unwilling drivers on the roads.