planes don’t pick you up from your doorstep? since when? but they can fly?
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masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 months agoSo in your world, planes, trains, and buses pick you up and drop you off at your doorstop? How cute.
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 months ago
barsoap@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Nah. Unless you live literally at the station, which happens but is rare, doorsteps are the domain of collect taxis.
Which btw are the most economical option in rural areas as you don’t have to drive empty buses around all the time. In cities they should be limited to people actually needing them, also open bicycle paths for microcars for people with mobility issues, not everyone wants or needs a powered wheelchair.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
This is what I mean, you’ll never get rid of enclosed motorized vehicles for a variety of reasons, and if we’re going to have them around, it would be better if they were self driving and killed fewer people than human drivers.
barsoap@lemm.ee 8 months ago
These are not the kind of enclosed motorised vehicles you’re thinking of.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Now how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?
How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?
Yes, we can minimize our usage of cars, but as you scale up the capabilities of a cargo bike you just reinvent the car.