Re:Toyota Is Right: We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. ...
by ryukafalz on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:26PM
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> Politician: What if we just added really annoying bike lanes to like 3 roads that will sit there empty because a dedicated lane wasn't what was stopping people from riding their bikes?
Three dedicated lanes won't be what was stopping people from riding bikes (in most cases) but a network of them sure would increase ridership.
Re:Toyota Is Right: We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. ...
by OldManRyan on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:11PM
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Why is it geographically infeasible to expand bus service in a city? Most medium to large US cities are designed with a grid system which would fit more buses perfectly. My city recently expanded one of the main roads to 6 lanes when they could easily done a BRT instead.
1. Some Politician: We need to invest in public transportation.
2. Planning Commission: Okay but it's geographically infeasible to blanket the city in busses, the only thing that is going to work is a rail system to cover the long distances and have busses to cover the last mile.
3. Sounds great! Let's put together a proposal.
4. Politician: Hahahahahahahaha we can't afford that. Also people will riot if we eminent domain literally thousands of homes.
5. Politician: What if we just added really annoying bike lanes to like 3 roads that will sit there empty because a dedicated lane wasn't what was stopping people from riding their bikes?
6. Planning Commission: But that won't actually he....
7. Politician: LOOK AT HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!1 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. GREEN. ENVIRONMENT.
Like good lord if they would actually commit to more than just some symbolic non-solutions I would volunteer to swing a hammer to lay tracks.