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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (26 children)

... and public transit investment? Or are we just trading our big problem for a slightly less big problem...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This is going to be a sentiment that will anger a lot of people (and it should) but banning ICEs will, in the short term, price a lot of people out of being able to own a car, and that will drive a lot of demand for improved transit. It's definitely not the best way to do it, but I think it will have an indirect effect on transit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But why must the people undergo that financial crunch when we know by the numbers that transit is just more effecient economically and environmentally? Its just kicking the can of car dependancy down the road with greenwashing and small improvements along the way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much of the country does not have access to any meaningful public transit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like it's time to start building infrastructure for public transit so that 2035 doesn't hit like a lead brick. Except of course this will last all of about five seconds after the first Con government gets voted in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not everyone lives in metropolis areas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And? The people who don't live there need cars. It's the people (a.k.a. vast majority) who live in cities that should have the public transit infrastructure.

I'm baffled why this needs to be explained to you.

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