Why do we need both, then? Cars are always going to come at the detriment of other forms of transportation. Cars have externalities that no other form has; every time you drive a km, you kill a fractional human being. How do you do the math on that and decide you liking cars is more important than the significant fraction of a human being that you kill? It’s like alcohol; there’s no good amount, but the addicts are going to insist otherwise on the flimsiest of evidence.
Because sometimes I like getting there in one hour instead of 4 by train because my route isn’t common enough to build a railroad for, so I’d have to take two trains. This goes for more than one place I sometimes need to get to. Keep in mind, I live in a properly small town currently.
You also kill a fractional human being every time you take the bus or train, the fraction is just significantly smaller. But it’s there.
I like cars. Love driving. I still think cities should be walkable and have good public transit. In fact I prefer driving outside big cities.
Fuckcars has always been “fuck car dependence” mostly.
Why do we need both, then? Cars are always going to come at the detriment of other forms of transportation. Cars have externalities that no other form has; every time you drive a km, you kill a fractional human being. How do you do the math on that and decide you liking cars is more important than the significant fraction of a human being that you kill? It’s like alcohol; there’s no good amount, but the addicts are going to insist otherwise on the flimsiest of evidence.
Because sometimes I like getting there in one hour instead of 4 by train because my route isn’t common enough to build a railroad for, so I’d have to take two trains. This goes for more than one place I sometimes need to get to. Keep in mind, I live in a properly small town currently.
You also kill a fractional human being every time you take the bus or train, the fraction is just significantly smaller. But it’s there.