• Deestan@lemmy.world
    121·
    11 days ago

    Yeah but it’s not good for “thE eCOnOMy”:

    An efficient system just has fewer cracks to jam in rent-seeking, regulatory capture, artificial needs, fomo, hype, subscription service tiers, monopolies, service-services, gig indirections, consultants, charlatan management, etc.

    You still can do that in an efficient system, but you can fit - like - five parasites there instead of five hundred.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 days ago

    Autonomous vehicles would be a huge imorovement for “last mile” transport. People don’t tend to have train stations in front of their homes.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 days ago

    You basically want to move to Japan, or South Korea, or Germany, of any of the countries with a competent public transit system.

      • Akido37@lemmy.world
        41·
        11 days ago

        To be fair, compared to the “transit system” in most American cities, any place that has transit at all would be considered competent.

      • k0e3@lemmy.ca
        1·
        11 days ago

        As a guy living in Japan, a lot of Europeans left a bit to be desired in terms of punctuality and cleanliness. Although, it was a lot better than Ottawa’s train system where I grew up.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 days ago

    Fast rail system would be rad man. I used to drive a lot for work and it killed the joy of it for me. Now I just wanna sleep

      • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        Ok so long as the train stops at the grocery store and then takes her to the ikea after and holds enough space for her to get her 6 bags of groceries and cabinets and toiletries home to her front door and helps her carry it in…