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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.
Submitted 4 days ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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.
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.)
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 4 days ago
That’s not the reason. There are a lot of people driving in Tokyo anyway.