Why the US needs to go down China’s public transport route
Why the US needs to go down China’s public transport route
The convenient subway system in big cities and the country’s expansive rail network make car ownership unnecessary and exploring China easy. Investment in public transport in the US would not only fuel the economy and create jobs, but help low-income communities, reduce emissions and revitalise urba...
As a proud member of the fuck cars community, I wish the US (and Canada) would invest in their national public transportation systems. It annoys me to no end when people go “but the country is soooo big it would cost so much money” meanwhile you have a functioning passenger train system running through the majority of Europe, fast train systems through most of China, Japan, South Korea…
The problem is that landowners aren’t willing to make space for rails, and unlike most countries, the railroad companies have no interest in passenger trains.
Invest in public transportation, get rid of 30 lanes highways and city centres, promote bike lanes and public transportation, tram busses, subways, LRT, anything. Make your cities more accessible. Ban cars, idk
It's a really hard problem to solve without state owned industry in my opinion.
Subways? Railroads? Bah!
What we really need is a hyperloop!
In some dense areas, but for most of America it is not going to happen.
Considering that 80% of Americans live in urban areas, this really is not the obstacle people seem to think it is. Not to mention, there are models of public transit that are quite useful for rural areas. I’ve taken rural buses many times and they were quite useful and better than driving where they run. Not to mention we used to have trains that traversed the entire country… back when we had less than the half population. If we made it work back then I’m sure we can today.
The biggest problem is that many Americans have an irrational fear and opposition to public transit. Particularly in rural areas.