If only they had a solution that has been tried and been proven to be effective…
Maybe we could hook a bunch of cars together, especially if they’re going the same direction anyway, even put some kind of tugging device at the front of the line of cars so they could save gas on the way to wherever they’re going, but I’m pretty sure this doesn’t exist yet…
U.S. drivers “lost” time to traffic… as if they were some innocent bystanders sucked into an evil black hole of traffic…
drivers are not stuck in traffic… they ARE the traffic…
You’re heaping a lot of guilt on the shoulders of those that don’t really have a choice.
as if they were some innocent bystanders sucked into an evil black hole of traffic…
That’s honestly how it is in the states. You go where your job tells you to. Even jobs that could be remote (as proven by the pandemic) are making employees return to work.
I don’t need your scorn; the people making me commute should be your target. I’m just trying to pay my bills.
You go where your job tells you to and they often don’t pay you enough so that you can live close to them.
That’s just traffic and it still seems low. I work from home but live about 10 mins from where I worked pre covid and never got traffic and I’d still spend around 100 hours a year commuting.
Just one more lane will fix it all I’m sure
Utopia is always relevant
I didn’t. I lost maybe a half hour the 1 time I had to go into the office.
I’ve lost at least that to Lemmy alone