so how precisely do you suggest we transition away from cars in cities? just tell people living rurally to suck it up until 30 years in the future when we've gotten around to making public transport in their area usable?
park&ride when done right is fine, it's a fine way to prevent people from losing their minds about change, don't let perfection be the enemy of improvement.
okay so you don't have to drive there at all, you just choose to do so.
part of it is down to exposure as well, if you grow up in a place where you can't just buy the latest iphone every year it's a lot more likely that you'll end up fiddling around with stuff and learn how it works.
like india has a lot of this, people can't afford a new device but it's not that difficult to get some "e-waste" which is still perfectly functional (if slow), so kids are way more likely to end up fiddling around and learning.
on the other hand there's bikes, which are basically unchanged and simple enough that most people can figure out how to do all the regular maintenance with some youtube videos and a couple hours.
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edge of city park-and-ride is there to shut up the numbnuts who cry "but how will i get into the city?!?!?!"
why would you need to drive to ikea? do other countries not do delivery?
Delivery from my nearest IKEA warehouse which is ~70km away in a completely different city costs 50 EUR, or 30 if you join "IKEA family"
park and ride should be done where land is cheap, like at the edge of an urban area.
Then you just slap down a station and a cheapo parking garage and maybe a small convenience store/café and bam
hmm no very amphibian
i hope they were slow sarcastic claps
I do think there is value in pointing out how even in the most horrid conditions humans have the capacity to be nice to each other
what's wild to me is that they use posts that are obviously flexible, like why can they not just use hard plastic poles? it's not gonna make jackshit difference for drivers beyond maybe scratching their paint more, but will look solid and actually discourage crossing them.