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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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“They design for it” is what this can be summed up with.
The us designs for cars. We have laws for cars. We don’t build areas for humans, they don’t profit anyone. If you aren’t in a 1-ton death machine, you are asking to die.
That's an out of date weight estimate. The US market has been having SUV and trucks crammed down our throats so it's more in the range of 1.5-3 tons for Small SUV to large SUV. Not a lot of market left for anything under the 2-ton metal death trap. What I wouldn't give for usable transit and walkability (this coming from someone who enjoys cars and road trips).
The road trips would be much more enjoyable if there was a robust web of transit networks and 15 minute neighborhoods. If you’re taking a road trip vacation somewhere, the worst traffic is always around the major urban areas during rush hours when all the commuters are clogging the highways as there’s no good light rail or transit options.
If they ever build even a small portion of what you’re saying inevitably we’ll get articles saying: “Train riding zoomers are killing mom n pop BnBs” entirely written by the hotel and vacation rental lobby
That would make for an awesome Kelly comic, sneering zoomers riding the train (“latest fad”) while sad faced “honest small business owners” of gas stations and roadside motels look on, with concerned lady liberty to the side.