Just watch, their reply is going to be “It doesn’t do enough”. I’ve tried reasoning with these people. If a solution isn’t 100% perfect then they think we should throw it in the trash. My main thing I hate about politics these days. There are no compromises, there’s no partial solutions. If it’s not perfect then it’s a terrible idea that should be gutted and thrown out. Meanwhile the world burns while wait for a perfect solution that’s hundreds of years off.
The very definition of “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”
There is an underlying issue with the car and oil industry funding car designed cities and ruining public transportation that makes some level of push back on different versions of cars being more of the same avoidance of acknowledging that designing cities based on cars is counterproductive.
But it is a case of treating everywhere the same as a dense, urban setting and blaming the existence of cars in any way instead of the design decisions and malicious actions by businesses that ruined good public transportation in the many places that it does make sense.
Absolutely. I actually just learned recently about a rail line that used to exist between my town and our capital city, had trips multiple times a day. Oil came in, built the roads, and the rail died. They had the chance to buy out the rail and make it public but decided the car was the future.
I think it’s a two pronged approach. In urban areas I am pushing for rail and more public transit. I am in Seattle where we have a new rail line opening next month and expanding to a dozen new stations over the next few years, and even more after that. I gladly fill out surveys and pass information, and I’m even happy to pay the taxes to help build it.
But most of America is not that dense, and for them I say transit should still be pushed. I’d love to see more commuter rail, we love our suburbs, an easy thing to do is big park and rides in the suburbs where a rail line takes you into the city. It’s easy because the rail is usually already there, cheap, and easy to run and manage.
I’m just a realist when it comes to transit. It’s being built, but not in the time that we need it. For America, I just push that those who are already in the market for a car, consider an EV. Don’t go get one if you don’t need a new car. If you’re a 2+ car household, absolutely one of them should be an EV. If anything the cost savings of not spending a ton on gas is huge. There’s nuance to everyone’s transportation, and man am I just tired of the “My one solution fits everyone perfectly” crowd.
Just watch, their reply is going to be “It doesn’t do enough”. I’ve tried reasoning with these people. If a solution isn’t 100% perfect then they think we should throw it in the trash. My main thing I hate about politics these days. There are no compromises, there’s no partial solutions. If it’s not perfect then it’s a terrible idea that should be gutted and thrown out. Meanwhile the world burns while wait for a perfect solution that’s hundreds of years off.
The very definition of “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”
There is an underlying issue with the car and oil industry funding car designed cities and ruining public transportation that makes some level of push back on different versions of cars being more of the same avoidance of acknowledging that designing cities based on cars is counterproductive.
But it is a case of treating everywhere the same as a dense, urban setting and blaming the existence of cars in any way instead of the design decisions and malicious actions by businesses that ruined good public transportation in the many places that it does make sense.
Absolutely. I actually just learned recently about a rail line that used to exist between my town and our capital city, had trips multiple times a day. Oil came in, built the roads, and the rail died. They had the chance to buy out the rail and make it public but decided the car was the future.
I think it’s a two pronged approach. In urban areas I am pushing for rail and more public transit. I am in Seattle where we have a new rail line opening next month and expanding to a dozen new stations over the next few years, and even more after that. I gladly fill out surveys and pass information, and I’m even happy to pay the taxes to help build it.
But most of America is not that dense, and for them I say transit should still be pushed. I’d love to see more commuter rail, we love our suburbs, an easy thing to do is big park and rides in the suburbs where a rail line takes you into the city. It’s easy because the rail is usually already there, cheap, and easy to run and manage.
I’m just a realist when it comes to transit. It’s being built, but not in the time that we need it. For America, I just push that those who are already in the market for a car, consider an EV. Don’t go get one if you don’t need a new car. If you’re a 2+ car household, absolutely one of them should be an EV. If anything the cost savings of not spending a ton on gas is huge. There’s nuance to everyone’s transportation, and man am I just tired of the “My one solution fits everyone perfectly” crowd.