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joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 10 months agoRoads don’t really go away with public transit, they might need less maintenance overall, but they still need to exist in some form, and roads lasting 10% longer doesn’t seem like a huge savings
Parking is mostly privately owned, so saving money on parking doesn’t really make more money available to invest in public transit.
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Tram tracks last forever and don’t need roads. Also cars and trucks are responsible for like 90% of road damage, for example pedestrian roads last decades with zero maintenance. If cars and trucks got Thanos snapped the budget for road maintenance would be miniscule.
joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I guess if you don’t include buses in public transit. And pretend that all people live within a 5km walk of existing public transit. You’re right.
But otherwise you’re just oversimplifiying the situation and vastily underestimating how much it actually costs to build a full team network through rural areas.
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m saying build trams and trains, both require like no maintenance, are cheap to build and solve the most issues. It’s a better investment than EVs.
joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
You’re suggesting that teams and EVs solve the same problems. But they don’t.
EVs replace ICE vehicles. Public transit replace cars in areas that are dense enough to make them viable.
The reason public transit isn’t everywhere because they are expensive to build and maintain.
Yes build them, but suggesting that teams and trains are a replacement for EVs today is completely false and is only hurting your argument overall.