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[-] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Totally, I mean a lot of my gripe with cars is about how they're currently used and their safety and environmental impact.

I recognize the need for low occupant vehicles, but definitely also see that we've blown past any reasonable projection of their use.

As far as cutting cars out of cities goes, it's pretty important to cut commuter cars as well. Commuter trains are safer, way more easily regulated and keep cars out of the city.

I shed no tears for the owners of parking lots and ticket writers who would lose out with an increase in commuter trains. They bet on the continuation of inefficient forms of transportation and sought to capitalize on convenience, let 'em fail like commercial real estate and have the cities restructure their downtowns when the prices on those buildings plummet.

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