• Pirtatogna@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    While I agree in principle with the OP, I feel I must point out that that wouldn’t completely make cars unnecessary. There are still remote or sparsely populated areas (a lot actually in my country) where comprehensive public transport is impractical or next to impossible. I’d say we have use for both. Especially so if self driving means being able to summon a car when you need one without needing to own one. Or would that actually count as public transport then…?

    • balsoft@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 months ago

      comprehensive public transport is impractical or next to impossible

      That’s how we used to do transit before cars were invented. The US had a railway line to even the most remote farms. USSR had amazing railways that interconnected almost everything despite being the biggest country on earth by a wide margin.

      Generally the trick is to build densely populated walkable towns where you don’t need a car for daily activities, and connect them with railways. In that case, it doesn’t matter what the overall population density is.

      Even for sparsely populated land, if you can build an asphalt road wider than 2 lanes, chances are you can also build a small commuter railway there eventually. It would also be cheaper overall, if you consider externalities like everyone having to own a car, car crashes being a lot more common than rail crashes, and of course CO₂ emissions and the climate change that comes along with them. And that’s besides the socioeconomic benefits of letting everyone have a way to travel, rather than only those with financial means to maintain a car and the ability to drive.

      Cars are sometimes necessary, but it’s like 1% of what they are used for currently.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    7·
    2 months ago

    Portland’s pretty good about this. The whole city is laid out in a pretty uniform grid, and the busses and trains come frequently and cover a really wide area. Getting around the city is a piece of cake, and the transit pass works the exact same regardless of which vehicle type you ride.

    It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty damn close!

  • FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    my dads idea: Ban cars inside cities have giant parking houses around the cities public transport - free - that comes by every 5-10 minutes

  • eletes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Saw this yesterday, instead of Atlanta building a new airport that could take away Delta’s dominance, the CEO suggests vertibirds for shuttling people to the airport. This totally ignores the fact that the public transit MARTA goes directly to the airport

  • Wander@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 months ago

    I think self driving cars will help tbh. Only way it will happen.

    Less parking. Solves last mile problem.

  • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’ll do you one better: I DON’T MIND CHECKING A GOD DAMN SCHEDULE. HELL, LET’S GET WILD AND MAKE THAT MFER PAPER I LITERALLY DGAF. Cuz I got that dawg in me!