Subj : Re: EVs
To   : fusion
From : Adept
Date : Wed Oct 25 2023 20:45:25

 fu> don't get me wrong.. it was a pleasant way to travel (there at least!)
 fu> .. but imo advocating for trains-only transport pretty much puts
 fu> everyone who doesn't want to commute 4 hours a day (and every business
 fu> they use) into a very local little box.

Yeah. I think the general idea is that with a train-centric idea, there's dense housing in the vicinity of the various train stations, and generally a commercial district as well (that can be supported by the more-dense population).

And, certainly, rental bikes and scooters can solve some problems.

But having to have big enough roads and large enough parking lots for everyone to live away from a city, but commute in every day... Just leads to a really inefficient city. The amount of cities where it's half parking lots instead of things that generate something more useful...

But, again, I'm not a trains-only person. Just people first, which tends to change priorities depending on density.

General idea is to make it so that people _can_ find a way to live a fairly comfortable life without having to drive, whether it's by choice or because they're someone who shouldn't be driving.

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