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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.”

  • @kameecodingEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    OP mentioned Urban in their post, City in their comment, why do you need to come in with the “but muh rural” argument?

    • Fushuan [he/him]English
      1•1 year ago

      Because apparently I can’t read.

      Again, for reference, I don’t even own a car, I WFH and life in a town where public transport is excellent, but most of my family members live in the situation I described. Anyway, even though this post is about urban areas, there are plenty comments talking about cars as a whole, and usually policies done to fix car usage, things like gas prices and such, affect everyone, not only urbanites like me.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        In a perfect world/scenario…which would never happen…

        If urban centers immediately dropped their reliance on cars and individual transport systems, then there would be more gas to go to rural centers where individual transportation makes more sense (going to the store) or is mandatory (farm and other industrial equipment) making prices drop for rural gas and urban center be more self sufficient and environmentally friendly.

        …one can dream

        • Fushuan [he/him]English
          1•1 year ago

          Urban centers dropping their car reliance isn’t achieved by making it expensive for everyone, but by banning it’s use and increasing the public transport support.