Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics
by avalys on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:08PM
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Transit systems are designed around cars because people want to use cars. This idea that it was some kind of a massive conspiracy from the auto manufacturers is just bullshit.
Yes, cars are expensive. We can afford cars today. No one wants to get poorer and go back to walking.
Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics
by qwerpy on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:55PM
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The car shaming mindset makes sense if you live somewhere like Japan where transit is clean and fast, and you don't have problematic people who assault other riders and do drugs. As a family man living in a large American west coast city, there is no way I would ever give up my car lifestyle.
A side benefit (aside from the particulate pollution, energy waste, noise pollution, high death toll, increased inter-destination distance, decreased QOL) is that it'll be like an order of magnitude cheaper. Cars are a rather expensive way to get around. The Netherlands actually considers biking to be +17cents per mile (as in, considered revenue), because of reduced healthcare costs.