• delirious_owl@discuss.online
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    9 months ago

    You have bikes and busses. Everyone does.

    Of course the increase tax on carbon would directly fund giving poor people free bus tickets and bicycle maintenance

    • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I live in a city that has ‘good’ transit by North American standards. It’s 25km from my house to the office, and takes about half an hour to drive. If I were to take the supposedly ‘good’ transit, it would take 2 hours each way. That would mean that both my spouse and I would leave home before our kids even wake up, so they would have to manage getting themselves out of bed, fed, and off to school with no parent in the house, we would get home far too late to take them to any extracurricular activities, never mind making sure they eat healthy home cooked meals. I could move closer to the office, but then my COL would increase by 2-3X, meaning that all the good stuff I can afford for them now would become too expensive.

      So sure, I have transit, but it’s fucking useless.

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      9 months ago

      Bikes and buses are great if you go from one central location to another central location.

      Do you know how long bus routes are in rural counties? Imagine the logistics of trying to collect all the adults that want to get to work.

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        9 months ago

        Imagine the logistics of trying to collect all the adults that want to get to work.

        we do pretty much this in my country

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        9 months ago

        Im gonna say something completely resonable and yet sound like a crazy person cause u lot love cars so much.

        TRAINS, u can make it like the ones in the rural areas of germany which works almost like a bus.

        Shit, i live in a god damn 3rd world country and i can’t belive we have better public transport than u.