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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, “Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND.”

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    100% depends on where you’re going and how far journeys are.

    For a small inner city area, a subway is great. For a larger urban area, a tram system. For intercity travel, trains. Out in a rural area, buses would be the way, although more remote locations would need government subsidies to be even remotely functional, and even then it may resemble on demand taxis rather than a scheduled bus service.

    No single solution will get you all the way there.

    • Chriskmee@lemm.eeEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      No single solution will get you all the way there.

      Except for the car, which is why it’s such a popular choice. Also no need to worry about catching the next thing, or buying the right tickets, you just get in and go.

      I haven’t heard of any solution or combination of solutions that would be convenient and work in most cities.

      • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep there’s nothing else as good as having your own vehicle to freely travel wherever you want to on your own schedule and in relative privacy. The rest of y’all can enjoy your trains as much as you want, but there’s no train or bus that comes out to my house in the woods so I’m going to keep driving my car for the foreseeable future. After that it will probably be an electric SUV that I keep driving. I’ll charge my car from my solar power at home and be energy independent.

        • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Doesn’t it bother you that even in cars you don’t have privacy?

    • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Subway is just giving space above ground for cars. Since there is no cars, you can just do trams.

      although more remote locations would need government subsidies to be even remotely functional

      Not that current roads to remote loctions are subsidised