Lol
Explain how we’d get around with cars. Is the realistic expectation that every city is supposed to be redesigned overnight and public transportation every inch of the city.
While I agree with the sentiment, making a plan to make changes is a very important first step. I’m still a car driver who wants better public transportation, while also acknowledging its very unlikely for my area (45 mins outside Atlanta, GA). However, if we aim for it specifically, it’s always a good step, even if it’s not going to be instant or 5 years.
One of the biggest issues ro change are people saying “that won’t happen” and just not changing the status quo. We don’t need to perfectly do it in a short time, but we do need to start making steps right away, even if they take longer than we want.
You know that I95 bridge that collapsed about 2 months ago? They are still working on fixing that, it will probably take a few more months to finish fixing it using the original design. If it takes us that long to build a bridge, do you still think we can design and build a nationwide public transport system in 60 months?
Yeah, OP has no perspective on logistics for that undertaking. It’s quite comical that they actually believe that it’d be something possible in 5 years.
The alternative is human extinction. And that may be more realistic, but if there’s any chance of survival, it has to come from hope.
This comment section: I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to gently make love to cars
Yes. But no…
People in this thread thinking this is a serious policy proposal 🤣
The automobiles, parking and highways vicious cycle has proven to be an indictment of capitalism and the corruption of the US. i don’t think going electric for all our cas is going to be enough, and were seeing climate migration not only to the US but northward within the US.
The movie Mad Max (and its sequels) was inspired by somone observing car obsession tendencies among Australians and positing how fuel would be prioritized above its utility. Our obsession is worse here in the States, and for our love of cars and failure to change for sake of the world may see a similar apocalypse, though with fewer working vehicles and a lot more cannibalism.
I hope I’m wrong, of couse.
I seriously think petrol cars should be 100% banned by 2028, and that it should be illegal for petrol stations to operate.
Okay well you are entitled to your opinion I guess. I thought you were being somewhat tongue in cheek. While I support a radical reduction in car dependency the unfortunate reality is that deconstructing car based infrastructure and building what will come after is going to take more than 5 years.
Also, even in a society where the car is not the default mode of transit, there will still be occasional situations where alternates aren’t viable. A small number of electric vehicles, properly contained where they can’t murder thousands of people as they do today would not be so terrible.
How would people who live in suburbs or rural areas do anything? Many Americans live in these areas. I’m serious what is the plan for all of them?
America wasn’t built for public travel unfortunately.
How do we deal with the areas with no people living in them?
I’m mostly joking, but an extreme proposal like this would probably only take effect in metropolitan areas. 80%+ of Americans live in an urban setting. Electric trains and busses in the city, electric trucks in the country.
America used to have these things called streetcar suburbs, and they’re awesome. The entire suburb is built around a tram station, it’s walking distance from everyone and it goes on to the nearby suburbs and eventually the city. Modern zoning laws make streetcar suburbs illegal to build, but a few of them still exist, and people love living in them. The rent prices in streetcar suburbs have been raised greatly due to the high demand. If we started building streetcar suburbs instead of car suburbs, everyone would be able to afford to live in one. They’re also cheaper to build in terms of land, plumbing, and utilities. The road upkeep is cheaper and the people in them are happier.
