mondoman712 1w ago • 100%
You don't even need that many people before cars become impractical.
mondoman712 1w ago • 100%
In two years presumably. It's been two years away since 2015.
mondoman712 1w ago • 100%
So we can build things to a somewhat lower capacity sure. That helps, but what exactly does it solve?
mondoman712 1w ago • 100%
Even if we assume everyone can work from home, people still need to go places for other reasons.
mondoman712 2w ago • 100%
What's the difference?
Anti car doesn't mean completely banning cars. Nobody is saying to replace ambulances with bus trips. There's obviously a need and cars would be much more effective for those things if the roads weren't clogged with people who don't have a need.
mondoman712 2w ago • 93%
Fast & frequent public transport, safe cycling infrastructure, footpaths, just putting things closer together to reduce the need for transport
mondoman712 2w ago • 100%
The only solution to car traffic is building viable alternatives to driving. Alternatives also bring many environmental and societal benefits.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21083492 > tl;dw they made some sensible cost cutting measures to create a nice tram system cheaply in a small city.
tl;dw they made some sensible cost cutting measures to create a nice tram system cheaply in a small city.
mondoman712 2w ago • 100%
It's Shanghai, Yan'an Road West. You can see the front of Jing'an Temple and the adjacent mall in the distance. There's definitely some editing weirdness going on on the road in the foreground though.
mondoman712 3w ago • 100%
Speak for yourself. I'm not pulling this out of my arse, I'm telling you things I just happen to know.
mondoman712 3w ago • 100%
A single train with a single crew can transport more people in a day when travelling at higher speed.
This is running costs. The capital costs are irrelevant.
mondoman712 3w ago • 100%
It's cheaper to run a high speed service than a low speed one. You can transport more people with the same number of staff and trains because it runs faster. The solution isn't to run an artificially cheaper low speed service along side, it's to run the high speed service in a sane way.
mondoman712 3w ago • 100%
The problem isn't how they're constructed, it's how they're run, and this article is basically just complaining about SNCF without realising it. They run bad timetables and aim for high occupancy rather than transporting more people. Jon Worth has better writing on the topic IMO.
mondoman712 1mo ago • 100%
Should it not be double foldable? It has two folds
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20143644 > tldw Hamburg wanted to build an urban highway network, but it wasn't complete and they built some nice things in the space left over.
tldw Hamburg wanted to build an urban highway network, but it wasn't complete and they built some nice things in the space left over.
mondoman712 1mo ago • 80%
Or the fact that it doesn't need to be real because 1. It's still funny and 2. We all know that the incident has happened somewhere, because shit like this happens so often.
mondoman712 1mo ago • 100%
Which part of what I said do you disagree with?
mondoman712 1mo ago • 100%
exactly, either way you need to make sure there isn't any oncoming traffic.
mondoman712 1mo ago • 84%
If there isn't space to overtake two cyclists side by side, there isn't space to overtake one cyclist. If there's another car coming towards you while you overtake, you'd be endangering the one cyclist.
mondoman712 2mo ago • 100%
They are The News Quiz host Andy Zaltzman, I'm a Celebrity and Celebrity Gogglebox star Babatunde Aléshé, Starstruck and Ghosts actress Emma Sidi, stand-up comic Jack Dee (Lead Balloon) and comedian Rosie Jones (Out of Order, Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure).
For anyone else that doesn't know who they are (source)
mondoman712 2mo ago • 100%
mondoman712 2mo ago • 100%
I'd guess with inflation you'd be right, but if we're sticking with the current value, what on Phase 2 justifies it costing the same as Phase 1?
And the obligatory Not Just Bikes: https://youtu.be/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ
tl;dw people in suburbs actually live close to things, and many do want to cycle, but it's too dangerous.
Nice to see more countries adopting this practice