I understand Bryan's point on mass transit usually being slower than driving just due to the nature of individual vs collective forms of transportation and congestion pricing would help a lot in this regard. The main reason why mass transportation is supported is because of parking (which he addressed) and because it is insanely space efficient compared to individual cars. Mass transit is a million times more conducive for areas being walkable and not polluted by noise or just the danger of being around high speed traffic. Nobody wants to live near a highway or even arterial road (they're loud, dangerous, polluting and a horrible place to be around), there are a lot of people that would die to live next to a NYC subway line. The Shibuya train station in Japan is the most busy passenger train station with 3.5 million daily riders passing through each day. Assuming you put everyone in a car with 1.5 people per car and assuming a lane of traffic has a capacity of 2,000 vehicles per hour, you would need 50 lanes of highway moving 24 hours per day which is absurd and makes the place a living hell to be around whereas the Shibuya station today is a pleasant, walkable area where you can get off with many surrounding areas to conveniently go to by foot.
@EscapedSapiens
Ай бұрын
I feel/think the same way. In addition, my experience in Berlin has actually been that public transport often beats cars. The only real exception is late at night when the roads are empty and the trains are infrequent. Another aspect is that public transport removes congestion from roads (including parking spaces). Furthermore, to make the equation really fair you should be adding in the hours spent at work to afford the car, and the time spent on repairs and refueling. Thanks for watching.
@roncaldwell699
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The reality of building out housing or dams, bridges etc is that without government regulation at every level it would be cheaper. Yet the downside is significant and not worth the pennies saved.
@radman1136
Ай бұрын
You're discussing the planning for a future that we don't have. Don't you have anything else to do?
@usernameryan5982
Ай бұрын
Shouldn't you be complaining about something on reddit?
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