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[–] Nikki@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

my grandma is too close for a train but too far for a walk, perfect for a bike if we didnt have a left turn onto 55mph highway with no sidewalks as our only route to her

give me fucking bike lanes i hate being trapped in this house because of bad infrastructure, at least a sidewalk to seperate me from traffic

[–] pntha@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

i think if killing pedestrians is a common occurrence for you then you should really stay off the roads.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, that's more than were killed in the WTC terrorist attacks.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But instead of trying to stop it, we buy bigger and bigger vehicles.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago

Got to get Grandma's heart transplant somehow.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

that's why they want trains

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Killing pedestrians is a common occurance for car based transportation

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Trains really rule.

[–] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hey, now. Trains do end the occasional pedestrian, but it's not so much hit as much obliterate

[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fast trains so that you can be restricted in exactly when you can visit and still pay for it. And then have to walk the rest of the distance from the train station to her house. There is so many flaws people just ~~fail~~ refuse to see.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good? For people without mobility restrictions having a short walk as part of traveling or commuting is a good thing. And for everything longer than a few minutes there should be bus, tram and light rail access.

[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And how long of a walk? I'm not walking 15 miles to go see Grandma I'm just gonna drive.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

15 miles is solidly within train territory, I'm talking a 5 minute walk. Everything past that should ideally be connected via bus or tram

[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

New York City tried that and we ended up with a subway full of crack addicts, homelessness, public nudity, etc. Trains should either be for a long trip but only once in a while or a last resort in a large city.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

last resort

what do you suggest we do in large cities then?

[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cars. I mean it works well enough right now and there isn't any good solution other than them.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Cars in big cities are horrible. Terribly inefficient, requiring orders of magnitude more infrastructure, killing air quality and pedestrians alike, and leading to even more suburban sprawl. Cars are not compatible with high population density.

[–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Is that a public transport problem or a US culture problem?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

How often do you ride the subway? Thousands of people take the subway in NYC everyday of all income levels, it's a pretty big success.

I visited NYC a while back. The subway impressed me. People call it dirty and say it is full of crackheads. Despite this, it was clean and orderly during my visit.