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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:34PM (#22936531)
Politically, you can’t even spend the funds on public transport if it will disrupt private cars (roads would need to be removed and made smaller).

Even the mention of more density or less road for people’s private cars will cause a public outcry that will shut the project down. And it takes years if not decades to construct public transport, so that political will has to run through multiple elections.

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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by eru on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:47AM (#22952891)
What are you objecting to? I didn't say to build more public transport in places that don't want it.

My proposal was about changing what people do on the margin. And assuming that we can offset behaviour anywhere on the globe. Ie that you can get more people in Germany on public transport to make up for your sins in America.

(Btw, buses don't need much of a change to the road layout.)

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