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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. they are so expensive let alone bad for the environment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Problem is so many civic gov'ts have mandated that transit MUST be self-sustaining and profitable without any investment. My own city's ideology is like this and our transit is one of the worst in Canada. I've stood in -40C waiting for a bus that just doesn't show up. :/