Or its because it is a far more space efficient way of moving hundreds of thousands of people who need to be at the same place at the same time.
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 month ago
jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Well… is this a bad aspect in something generally good, or a good aspect in something generally bad. (The good being using public infra, the bad the overworking.)
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Rail literally lifted Japan out of the ashes after WWII. And unlike America, Japan allowed passenger rail and other mass transit to build out side-by-side with the rise of the automobile.
The result is that Japan has one of the best public transit systems in the world despite also being a very car-centric country.
JASN_DE@feddit.org 1 month ago
That’s not the reason. There are a lot of people driving in Tokyo anyway.