magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 13 hours ago
The car isn’t bound to any schedule, isn’t limited by any predetermined bus stops, and can carry the TV you just bought.
OP is kinda advocating for a sensible public transport where schedules don’t matter due to frequent intervals and with a dense network of stops that are walkable. Possibly supplemented by car sharing or cargo bike sharing for the rare occasions someone has to transport something bigger than a week’s groceries.
The car is a crutch we need while society and politics fail to achieve okay public transit.
The car isn’t a crutch, it’s more like someone injures you, then gives you a crutch without fixing up the leg
Yeah, but in the communist bubble people like OP live in, you don’t need a schedule because nobody has to be anywhere at any specific time, you can walk to the bus stop, and that TV you just bought is OUR TV, so, thank you!
I’ve said similar things in anti-car communities, and I have never gotten (or seen) a good answer. They just dogpile on the downvotes hoping it gets pushed to the bottom and that too many people aren’t hiding vote counts/weights and just sorting by all/new.
You’d think a person would want to address the most logical challenges to the argument, but that’s not how the Internet works. I don’t think it’s ever worked that way. If you find a place where it does, drop me a line.
Frequent tranist. Missing a tram is no big deal if another is coming in 5 minutes. It needs to be a tram with priority tracks and signals so it stays on schedule.
Missing a tram and losing 5 minutes is the same as hitting a couple extra red lights or being delayed due to construction or a collision. Planning to arrive a few minutes early fixes any issues you would have from possible delays.
For the low low price of your kidney and the environment and all the car deaths, great deal I think. /s
You should probably look into the environmental costs of trains and bused before spouting such nonsense.
You could look into the environmental costs of fucking your mother :3
The public transit isn’t bound to any road rage, isn’t limited by parking spots, and can carry the TV you just bought.
Hahahaha, all you got is “road rage”?
Go ride a bus in NY, LA, Chicago, Philly (I have).
Fuck that.
kiagam@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I hate carrying my new tv everyday twice a day on random times, but I do what I must
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 11 hours ago
I don’t have a car, but sometimes I envy those who do. They can just look for furniture on second hand listings online and then just go and buy it.
If I need to do the same I need to do some serious planning ahead.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
In EU, or at least my country, there is a concept of car rentals for minutes. You just boot up an app, it shows map with car locations, you reserve the closest one and get to it. Pay per minute or kilometer.
Is there sonething like this in USA?
masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Those apps don’t guarantee availability. We have them here in Canada, formerly Car2Go, now Communauto, and they’re great, but a) they are still a car, and b) availability is not guaranteed. Most weekends all the cars are gone by 9am.