• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      10 months ago

      Then it isn’t good enough yet. People will use public transport when it’s better or cheaper than a car. Dedicated bus lanes to bypass car traffic should be in place, to encourage using busses that create less traffic. Trains should be reliable, frequent, and cheap for longer distance travel. This stuff is all do-able with just a small amount of effort, and has been done and successful in other places, but it requires governments to stuff huffing gasoline.

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        10 months ago

        Don’t understand the desire of some people to have your little personal couch on wheels and no strangers around

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      What kind of public transport? And how is it implemented? The devil is in the details for this stuff.

      Free bus tickets do nothing if the buses are stuck in traffic with no bus lane so often that people go “fuck it” and take the car anyway, because it’s more convenient.

      Free metro tickets do nothing if the routes don’t go where people want to go.

      Free train tickets do nothing if the trains don’t leave frequently enough to have options and/or are stuck waiting for freight trains to pass.

      There’s any number of non-monetary reasons that public transport might suck, but there are solutions for them.

      • Pipoca@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        The walkshed of public transit is also really important.

        People aren’t going to take a train to a parking lot…