Comment on Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says
percent@infosec.pub 2 weeks agoHonestly, it’s just so convenient to be able to get in the car and go (unless the destination’s parking situation is really bad).
Americans value convenience quite a lot. We even trade our personal data for it.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
The design of US cities has reinforced this.
Nobody actually lives anywhere near the places they need to work and shop so driving is the only option. Because everything’s so spread out public transport is terrible because it’s not possible to provide a decent service.
You have as a much denser population than the US by land area so everything’s closer together and it’s easier to build public transport infrastructure in that scenario because every stop serves a greater number of people. Plus there isn’t such a great distance between the suburban areas and the urban areas. Personally I can get from suburbia to urban areas with a 1-minute walk. I don’t understand why Americans have to be 10 miles away from their cities.
percent@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Ah that makes sense. Personally, I tend to avoid urban areas if possible. Too much air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, people… Maybe it’s a sensory thing. I could see how it’s much easier to build a public transit system when everyone’s so close together though