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[meme] Trains -- not driverless cars -- are the future of transportation (lemmy.world)

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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, "Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (23 children)

In the United States, I don't know how you'd accomplish this. It would be impossible for almost all rural neighborhoods unless we're going to build a grocery store within walking distance of most homes.

This is one of those liberal (I rarely leave my home) notions whose heart is in the right place but is ultimately stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I love cars way more than the next guy, but the meme clearly says "urban transportation".

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I live in a small walkable city in the Netherlands. I ride the bus, the train and my bicycle. I still own a car since those other transport modes don’t cover every need I have. And car sharing is non existent in my town.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think owning a car is necessarily a problem. For me FuckCars mostly means "fuck using a car unless you have to", which means using a car for those kind of commutes that people do every day or very often. Go to your workplace, school or university, go shop groceries...

There will be other context where you are going to need a car. Your holidays, for one. It's not a problem in my book. And of course it also applies to a lesser extent to folks living in the countryside, where it's inherently more difficult and expensive to link communities to transit. Our main concern should be ridding cities of cars and you guys in the Netherlands are already doing an amazing work on that front in many places.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I heartily agree, but I'm 67 years old and society is slower than the Antarctic melt. Oh, wait, that's not slow.

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