Car culture in America aligns with the US sense of freedom. Freedom to get in your car at any moment to get away - or head ‘home’ wherever that may be - on your own timeline with your own amount of rest stops and time to dilly-dally on those stops, etc.
Trains are for planned trips where you always make the right turn at the right time to…
Car culture in America aligns with the US sense of freedom. Freedom to get in your car at any moment to get away - or head ‘home’ wherever that may be - on your own timeline with your own amount of rest stops and time to dilly-dally on those stops, etc.
Trains are for planned trips where you always make the right turn at the right time to get to the right spot - and there’s nothing wrong with that - but life is worth living when you make a left turn now and again.
But, why not both? I don’t think the plan is to get rid of autos, but give options, and get some or lots of semis off the roads. They do the most damage.
Of course both!… not cars at the expense of trains anymore then trains at the expense of cars… but face it; Cars are freedom - every teen or 20-something (these days) knows the feeling of freedom getting your first car. Do other kids in other ‘modern/urban’ cities and/or countries get that same experience?… very unique to first world countries. In third world countries, getting a car for oneself might be akin to being a lottery winner in terms of personal freedom and career possibilities.
Cars are about freedom = The US is about Freedom… it makes sense this is where we are.
I can explain this in one sentence since I live in a big city which has become the fourth largest in North America: If you don't plan regional rail in the early development of a city and think you can shove it down everyone's throat by making it easier for us to get somewhere by vehicle because the route of the train is so far out of the way and not to mention if we're already developed out like where I am, all you are doing is creating a giant interloper who'll affect property values and bring crime in with it the people of our community are not going to tolerate especially when our property values are approaching or are over the millions.
The problem is, scale. Scaling the USA's 340 million people's induced desire to be car-dependent all the time ironically creates LESS freedom; and many other costs, many of them spiritual, that are also detrimental to the sense of human well-being.
Car-dependency sometimes seems like the old prisoner's dilemma game.
Car culture in America aligns with the US sense of freedom. Freedom to get in your car at any moment to get away - or head ‘home’ wherever that may be - on your own timeline with your own amount of rest stops and time to dilly-dally on those stops, etc.
Trains are for planned trips where you always make the right turn at the right time to get to the right spot - and there’s nothing wrong with that - but life is worth living when you make a left turn now and again.
But, why not both? I don’t think the plan is to get rid of autos, but give options, and get some or lots of semis off the roads. They do the most damage.
Of course both!… not cars at the expense of trains anymore then trains at the expense of cars… but face it; Cars are freedom - every teen or 20-something (these days) knows the feeling of freedom getting your first car. Do other kids in other ‘modern/urban’ cities and/or countries get that same experience?… very unique to first world countries. In third world countries, getting a car for oneself might be akin to being a lottery winner in terms of personal freedom and career possibilities.
Cars are about freedom = The US is about Freedom… it makes sense this is where we are.
I can explain this in one sentence since I live in a big city which has become the fourth largest in North America: If you don't plan regional rail in the early development of a city and think you can shove it down everyone's throat by making it easier for us to get somewhere by vehicle because the route of the train is so far out of the way and not to mention if we're already developed out like where I am, all you are doing is creating a giant interloper who'll affect property values and bring crime in with it the people of our community are not going to tolerate especially when our property values are approaching or are over the millions.
Agreed 💯
And how would this remove large trucks from the road? Rail lines are currently proficient in delivering freight
The problem is, scale. Scaling the USA's 340 million people's induced desire to be car-dependent all the time ironically creates LESS freedom; and many other costs, many of them spiritual, that are also detrimental to the sense of human well-being.
Car-dependency sometimes seems like the old prisoner's dilemma game.