It’s not about getting rid of cars entirely. It’s about prioritizing other modes of transport that are more efficient at moving people for 90% of daily trips they need to make.
Cars will still exist, they will just not be most people’s first choice for going to/from places. Ideally they exist more as a tool for specific situations where needed, such as work that covers a broad/rural area and requires large/specialized tools.
no one is saying “get rid of cars”. if you live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere where it’d be inefficient to build transit infrastructure due to the low population it would serve, then no one is trying to take away your car.
it’s all about decreasing society’s dependence on cars where it makes sense (higher population areas like towns and cities, as well as long-distance options between those areas) in favour of way more efficient modes of transport.
It takes about 10 hours to drive 688 miles from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, an actual distance of 580 miles.
For more than double that distance, at 1238 miles, a high-speed train from Hong Kong to Beijing takes 9 hours.
“The US is way too big for trains and public transit to be feasible” is a lousy excuse for poor infrastructure and planning.
Exactly, the first thought I had after reading their comment was Isn’t China bigger than the entire USA?
I 100% agree. But the whole “build trains AND get rid of cars” thing will not actually work.
It’s not about getting rid of cars entirely. It’s about prioritizing other modes of transport that are more efficient at moving people for 90% of daily trips they need to make.
Cars will still exist, they will just not be most people’s first choice for going to/from places. Ideally they exist more as a tool for specific situations where needed, such as work that covers a broad/rural area and requires large/specialized tools.
no one is saying “get rid of cars”. if you live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere where it’d be inefficient to build transit infrastructure due to the low population it would serve, then no one is trying to take away your car.
it’s all about decreasing society’s dependence on cars where it makes sense (higher population areas like towns and cities, as well as long-distance options between those areas) in favour of way more efficient modes of transport.