• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    here in sweden more than 80% of the population already lives in an urban area, and contrary to what some people want to believe it’s perfectly fine.

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      2 days ago

      Someone from the US will always chime in about how we’re different, bigger, more spread out, but that’s BS.

      • We also have 80% of our population in urban or suburban areas that could be designed for effective transit use.
      • Most of our travel is between near-ish cities that could be effectively served by intercity rail.
      • Many of our worst traffic jams are beyond the possibility of fixing by adding more lanes.
      • Most of our air congestion is thousands of regional flights that could be served by rail

      We have a fantastic interstate highway system, amazing air travel facilities, but we’ve not spent enough time or money on other possibilities. We emphasized people’s privacy on their own lot at the expense of being unable to walk anywhere