Cars are faster, cover long distances which are just infeasible for bikes, are more comfortable, can be used in bad weather, and are needed for people with disabilities.
In many cases the long distances were created by cars. Cities worked fine before cars. But cars demand so much space that cities became spread out.
A solution to this problem is to repopulate city centers around the country by replacing parking lots with mixed use buildings.
In lots of cities vacancy rates are too low making it hard to find housing
The electric interurban railways in America talks about the history of electric passenger trains that connected American cities particularly in the Midwest. Lots of fun maps of the networks and they describe how all the companies failed.
Thought it was written with a 1960s carbrain perspective, the information is interesting
I typically use Wolfram alpha for more complicated date math, and it answers a slightly modified version of this question correctly: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=what+day+is+the+11th
It also works for me. On macos and linux /usr/bin/env python3 -c "print(chr(ord('🚗') ^ 0x20))" gives you 🚷
I used to live in Massachusetts, and it's pretty cool to not have the economic and political drain of conservative rural areas.
Awesome! Looking forward to more American cities joining
Inheritance is clearly societal ill, and even on a personal level, depending on inheritance might cause family troubles
I guess before mas production of cars, bicycles were the aggressively marketed luxury consumerist product.
If enough states decide to give their votes to the winner of the popular vote, this would solve the problems of the electoral college. A fair number of states already agreed to the popular vote compact. We just need the big Republican states to agree. Which probably will happen after a Democrat wins the electoral college after loosing the popular vote.
The way politics are trending, with more white Democrats and non-white Republicans, the electoral college advantage for Republicans is fading.
What's wrong with it?