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A great illustration of how China's high speed rail is making domestic flying obsolete (www.youtube.com)

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[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think that electric vehicles could, or at least should, always have a place.

I think trains and public transport should be heavily subsidized as much as possible, and I understand the arguments and heavily support in favor of making cities more walkable and not requiring a car, but if I'm plowing my girl in the next city over, it might be more economical for me to drive there personally than getting a train ticket.

Edit: Also, I think there is a happy "middle-ground" (I hate that phrase, but regardless) of having cities that allow cars but also are very walkable.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I think it's a combination of all these things in practice. You want to make cities walkable to reduce local traffic. You want to have good train infrastructure so people can get around the country. And then you have cars for additional convenience. If public infrastructure is good enough then it reduces the need to drive, and cars aren't a problem at that point.