Hey motorists!
Hate all the traffic on those roads? Then get vocal and support mixed use development, wide sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and robust public transit!
It'll get a ton of people out of cars and therefore out of your way, revealing the open road to your leisure.
Congestion Pricing Chicago when?
If you want to drive in our densest, most transit-rich environments and cause pollution, congestion, and safety hazards, that’s fine, but you’ll have to pay and if that upsets you well so it goes. Drivers have had it their way for a century at the literal expense of everyone.
Any proper city can have their own version of this transformation. The only thing limiting you is your imagination and willingness to make it happen.
Cars have only been ruining cities for about 100 years. Before that, we thrived.
It takes the Acela 6.75 hours to travel from Boston to DC, and in Japan this would take less than 3. This is arguably the most important economic center of the world, with trains as slow as 80 years ago.
Putting vinyl wraps over the windows of buses/trains should be a capital offense
hating snow because you “have to drive in it” proves that the car owner mindset destroys your innate connection to nature and shatters any sense of wonder you may have at the phenomenon of existence. owning a car depletes your soul
I know this is a really out-there idea, but I think if a bus stop exists, there should be a safe and accessible way to cross the street *at the nearest intersection*.
They were brought to this friendship over their shared love of cars killing people
"The city said that SUVs, which account for 25 per cent of private vehicles in the capital, were responsible for 10 per cent more accidents than other vehicles and were statistically more fatal for the victims they hit."
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
graphic showing china greatly expanding rail network in just 12 years from 2008 - 2020
I think more people should be talking about this tbh
The NEC accounts for 42% of total Amtrak ridership and travel between cities that generate about $5 trillion in GDP (more than Japan)
The trains should literally levitate. Thats how advanced this rail line should be. But instead, a few scraps here, a few there.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
That is an incredibly good state policy for transportation safety!
Headline: pentagon fails 7th audit in a row, unable to fill account for $824 Billon budget
For those who believe rail in this country is “wasteful spending,” the annual cost to subsidize Amtrak and all new transit infrastructure amounts to just 1.09% of the Pentagon’s budget.
This, but for transit. Most of the people in charge of transit in the US never use it. They consider it charity, a jobs program or transportation of last resort.
"Voters once again voiced their overwhelming support for public transit by approving transit ballot measures across the country, with 46 of 53 measures for public transit in 2024 proving successful — an 86.7% win rate." www.metro-magazine.com/10231191/vot... via Metro Magazine
