Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living
We find that nearly one fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18 %), and an additional 40 % are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10 %) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car.
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Would love to, need more/better trains.
Trains are nice, but the common bus is the workhorse of all transit systems in the world (or almost all - I know of no exception but I don't know everything). For most people a simple frequent bus and useful bus routes/transfers would solve most of their transportation needs. Trains are useful for the core trunks that have a lot of people on them (which also need to be the places roads get too congested for a bus anyway)
Tokyo might be an example? It has plenty of buses, but the trains and subways are definitely the workhorses.
trains would be more efficient but it's much easier to start out with busses
Just got back from San Francisco. Would like that transit system locally, please.
The busses where I live stop every fifteen feet. It’s faster to walk.
There are a lot of bad bus systems in the world. However that isn't the fault of the but. There some great bus systems proving it can be done.
Indeed, there's no one golden bullet that will fix all our problems. It requires multiple vectors, not just for freedom of choice but for redundancy as well.
As someone stuck in a car-centric suburban-hellscape, sign me the fuck up!
I stop read there.
full sent.:
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Not just an option to have but a necessity asap.
Ironic that this thread appeared right under this other https://kbin.melroy.org/m/[email protected]/t/1372828/A-new-solution-to-student-homelessness-a-parking-lot-where
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The link is locked behind a login screen.
https://thriv.social/c/nottheonion/p/112402/a-new-solution-to-student-homelessness-a-parking-lot-where-students-can-sleep-safely-in
Misread the title, thought this was about living in cars
Free cars at that! 😄
Wrong sub if that's what it was
Been living without a car for (oh no I'm old) almost two decades. It's pretty great. NYC is a rare city in the US with good public transit.
I wouldn't willingly move somewhere that needed a car for day to day. I don't care if it's a little cheaper or there's "more space". I like density and walking places.
I met one that once argued that "cars are important! They create jobs and the money you are forced to spend on them makes money go round!" He was not joking around. He was dead seriouse
100%.
American cities need more dense areas. Buildings with 4 to 6 floors, commerce in the first floor, great public transportation, and walkable streets. That is it. No suburban homes, no skyscraper, no parking lot mega commerce store areas, no huge highways in living areas. Let's get rid of the cars. We can do groceries more frequently and walk home.
I'd like to have options to ride public transportation or bike safely, and still have a car for fun and far distance travel
a car for long-distance travel?
Hmm. I'm too used to a severe lack of good train and bus options. On thinking it over, I'd love to take a nice clean, comfortable and on-time train for long distances, even if they stay American slow.