PugJesus@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThis country needs some fuckin' reform.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1888arrow-down138
arrow-up1850arrow-down1imageThis country needs some fuckin' reform.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squarepressanykeynow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhy isn’t public transport popular in the US? It’s cheaper, it’s cleaner, it saves time, it’s overall better if done right.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWell part of it is this conspiracy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy But mostly you can blame Eisenhower for wanting to make US cities harder to nuke, racism for making suburbs appealing for segregationists etc.
Why isn’t public transport popular in the US? It’s cheaper, it’s cleaner, it saves time, it’s overall better if done right.
Well part of it is this conspiracy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
But mostly you can blame Eisenhower for wanting to make US cities harder to nuke, racism for making suburbs appealing for segregationists etc.