Image transcript:

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.”

  • roo@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    It’s a discussion about the bulk of transport and commutes. Distributors don’t need to follow a centralised system.

    • supercriticalcheese@feddit.itEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      You still need to drive to do all these things, that’s often a considerable distance though if you live in suburban areas since everything is far away.

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        One argument that keeps coming up in favor of cars that the United States is big. Well, if it’s big, we have plenty of room to build things close to where people live. It’s only zoning laws that force things to be unnecessarily far away.

        • supercriticalcheese@feddit.itEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Yes that was my point, not that we need cargo trams.

          And it’s not just US that has this issue although there is taken to the extreme.

          Many suburban areas in Europe have the same issues but the advantage is that many of them were built around small villages that they have ballooned so there was something that could give local services for residents already.

          • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Good point! I usually hear sincere arguments that we have to drive because everything is so far apart, and so I took it the wrong way. My apologies.