Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars
by goostavos on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @12:12PM
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When the "ideas to improve stuff" stop being hopelessly naive, the critiques will surely lessen.
Let's hear your idea then.
There are an awful lot of people nay-saying ideas to make stuff better and extraordinarily few people coming up with ideas to make stuff better.
What do you think will be the outcome of that?
Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars
by lawnchair_larry on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:24PM
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“We must do something, X is something, therefore we must do X” is a logical fallacy. Doing nothing is better than doing something costly and ineffective (or worse).
Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars
by laughinghan on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:57PM
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Every single one of those ideas have been proven workable in hundreds of cities around the world.
That comment even lists a city where they've been successful: Paris
Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars
by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:00PM
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Are there any cities that are actually building new or wider highways (not just improving interchanges/exits)? Seems like most cities have stopped building new highways.
Re:Let's build houses for people, not cars
by magduf on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @03:14PM
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Yes: DC. They're widening I-66, because too many people moved way out to the exurbs and commute into the city every day, taking 1-2 hours each way. So they're adding lanes on this highway, which will cause even more people to move out to the exurbs, and won't help at all. Meanwhile, they're refusing to extend the subway line out in that direction, even though a single train can carry hundreds of commuters at a time, and they'll all going the exact same direction.
Spend that same money on buses instead.
Instead of millions of cars that carry 1 person to a max of 5, lets have thousands of buses that carry ~40-80 people.
In the years to come when there are less vehicles on the road, we can start closing roads, like Paris does (or did).
Or, you know, do absolutely nothing. Improve nothing. Move forward with nothing. Complain about everything, and every idea to improve stuff.