The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom

Re:The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom by bluGill on Monday September 01, 2025 @07:54PM (#45097685)

No place in the world has good public transit then. Which is realistic I guess: fix your own area instead of looking down on others who are worse.

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Re:The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom by mitthrowaway2 on Monday September 01, 2025 @09:12PM (#45098094)

I've been to cities large and small in Japan that had better transit than what you describe in London.

That's probably why they have so much ridership.

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Re:The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom by bluGill on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:34AM (#45101660)

I did not describe London...

mode share even in tokyo is only 51% - they have a lot of work they can do. That 51% is likely just going to work, cities rarely collect data for other trips but those matter and are places to work on.

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Re:The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom by lucyjojo on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @12:42PM (#45105553)

there are waaay less cars than people in tokyo.

most people do everything via public transport and/or bicycle.

https://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10786

i mean none of the supermarkets close to my home have parkings... (they have a bunch of bike racks though).

there is 1 combini with a small ~6 spots parking that sits mostly empty. my building has more units than parking spots, there are a lot of bikes though.

in tokyo, having a car is not the default, you need a good reason.

now if you get out of tokyo (like gunma), it's another story, in japan they talk about "car society" (kuruma shakai). you'll see lots of cars, and big parkings.

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