Yes please : publictransport

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Same same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

I want people to understand that everybody's needs aren't the same as their own (and not just say they do before screaming something that proves they don't).

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You don't want self driving cars because you like trains.

I don't want self driving cars because I like driving.

We are not the same.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

If you make public transportation safe and efficient, even reliable, people won't need cars.

I'd rather sit on a train or a bus and read, rather than drive on the same roads with the crazy liberals and conservatives.

Oh wait, I'd be stuck inside metal tube with them instead. I better stay home then. Damn.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Can we get free chocolate bars with the tickets too.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

I want something that takes me straight to my destination so my hurting ass self doesn't have to walk far. Driven by me so I won't get motion sickness. With a trunk so I can put a bunch of crap in there and not have to carry it all the way back while walking and riding a goddamn train.

Oh, right, I want cars. Anything else is short-sighted and ableist. I'm sure you're going to hate me and mod me down and silence me and all sorts of crap for this viewpoint, but holy fuck, how do you not understand that this is a perfectly valid view? If you're special and can walk and carry tons of shit, good on you, I'm so proud of you. Many are not. And when you destroy the ability to drive and park somewhere in your urban "utopias" because they cater to your special ass, it screws US over.

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 6 days ago (9 children)

That's great. If you are in the US it isn't going to happen at a meaningful scale. Best we can do is larger scale self driving mini busses for public transport and single user self driving vehicles for expediancies. Use existing infrastructure but work to eliminate human driving (save that for track driving for pleasure) and enforce heavy pedestrian priorities so foot traffic and bicycling becomes easier and safer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It might happen. Manhattan just introduced congestion charges and it apparently made a big difference.

And places that we now think of as bike and public transit focused cities in Europe were very car-centric in the 70s. I don't know why or how they changed, but they did.

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