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1. swalli+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-05-18 22:53:46
> They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities, and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our addiction?

Betteridge's law of headlines says no.

Even extremely well-planned and progressive cities like Portland (which has been expanding light rail for 30 years straight) haven't budged above 15% commuting by public transportation. No city outside SF and NYC have meaningfully addressed this. https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/pu...

This is why electrification is so important. North American civilization is dependent on cars and trucking and will always be so when our countries are continental at scale.

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