• Liwott
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    3 years ago

    I notice these things a lot. Where roads and junctions are expensively over-engineered. They add granite road insets, or fancy paving, or traffic lights where they’re not needed, etc.

    Ok but we’re talking about the public transportation. This is actuallly consistent with the idea that public transportation be underbudgeted in favour of more projects who are directed towards car drivers.

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      3 years ago

      Oh, you’re just talking about buses and trains, not urban transportation in general? In that case your argument makes a lot of sense.

      In thinking more about the whole thing - prioritisation of different types of vehicle, road layouts and rail connectivity, and the interconnections.

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        3 years ago

        I think the problem is that this global vision of transportation is quite a long term one, so the politicians who need to be reelected within half a decade will tend to fund the issues that concern more people