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21·2 years agoTaxis are popular because there’s too much traffic. Yeah, okay…
So New York doesn’t have homeless people, drugs, and crime? Or is NYC not a high-density area? Or why are there 8 million trips daily?
but that’s the barrier
No, it is not the barrier. It is one possible barrier, and if you want to remove all possible barriers before you start, guess what, you’ll never start.
“We need to have higher density! But we can’t have that because of parking minimums! But we can’t get rid of parking minimums because we have no public transport! But we can’t have public transport without higher density!” 🥳
they still wouldn’t take it because
Those people will always find a reason. Now it’s to dirty and unsafe. Now it’s too expensive. Now I relocated and the train doesn’t stop here.
Must have been really fast thawing, considering this is a supermarket lot…
I totally understand, but thinking that more deregulation would be fixing any of that is a mistake. What you want (and need) is simply better regulations. You need experts with a plan for the city. Companies are not experts on city planning.
The US already has a highly deregulated zoning system, while European countries often have national laws and regulations (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_General_de_Ordenación_Urbana ) that have to be implemented by the communities, and even above the national level you have things like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Spatial_Development_Perspective
why wouldn’t a traffic circle about the same size work?
My opa gave it to me when he said it got too hot for his liking.
I mean, sure, who doesn’t give his own grandkid something that might go up in flames any minute…
What study are you talking about? This article here does not even mention phones.
„Sharply“, lol. The US is worse than Russia.
https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/4394/the-worst-countries-for-road-traffic-fatalities/
aNyThInG eLsE?
That much. Wow. Sad!