Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square575fedilinkarrow-up12.24Karrow-down1156
arrow-up12.08Karrow-down1image[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars?lemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square575fedilink
minus-squareRengoku2@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·1 year agoTrains are not flexible and safe enough. I have been to Singapore and Tokyo (train-centric cities), but cars are, unsurprisingly, easier to use in there. You have pregnant wife or small kids? Trains are suicide in rush hours.
minus-squareirkli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLol, cars easier to use than trains? In Tokyo???!!! Lol I have a hard time believing you’ve been there. The public trans system in Tokyo’s is AMAZING. We’ve ridden it many times. It’s GREAT and easy to use.
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Trains are not flexible and safe enough.
I have been to Singapore and Tokyo (train-centric cities), but cars are, unsurprisingly, easier to use in there.
You have pregnant wife or small kids? Trains are suicide in rush hours.
Lol, cars easier to use than trains? In Tokyo???!!! Lol I have a hard time believing you’ve been there. The public trans system in Tokyo’s is AMAZING. We’ve ridden it many times. It’s GREAT and easy to use.