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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, “Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND.”

  • Aggravationstation@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    I don’t disagree but there are two points that spring to mind.

    1. This is an inevitable future, but I think it’s very far off. In order to make this viable towns and cities would need to be radically different.
    2. How would large item courier services operate after that modification?
    • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      The cities were radically different before we decided that a car should be able to go anywhere.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      1. People are calling for radical change to their cities as they realize the poor economics of urban sprawl and suburban development. You do have a good point though as transit, density, and mixed zoning all work best when used together.

      2. The shift to transit and walkability will actually make exisiting roadways and highways less congested and better serve any delivery vehicles using them. We won’t rip out all existing roads, but we will stop building a new lane every 5 years.

    • TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think you’re making it out to be a bigger problem than it really would be. Nobody is going to push personal and commercial vehicles out, but there would be a lot less of them, they’d only be as big as necessary, and they’d be more environmentally friendly.

    • uis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Like every other huge factory before cars: connect to railways. Or tram network if you are in city.