t_jpeg

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by t_jpeg@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
 

Sometimes when watching videos on effective ways of public transport and trams come up, I get a bit annoyed at people not addressing the fact that they seem to share the road with cars. Why do people twerk for trams so much as a form of light rail if they share the road with cars and are subject to being affected by traffic? Doesn't that just make them rail buses without their own bus lane? Doesn't that make them more obsolete? Why do people like them so much?

Edit: Also, does anyone have any resources about the cost to benefit ratio of different intratown/city forms of transport (bike lanes, BRT, trams and other forms of light rail, subways etc)? Would be much appreciated.

 

I live in the UK and my town has not got transport that allows mobility for all. No bike lanes (and if they exist they're just painted on the road), no bus lanes (buses get stuck in the same rush hour traffic and everyone else which doesn't incentivise people to take them) and these buses are also unreliable and infrequent. What makes it worse is that my local council is right leaning. How do I hold my local council accountable to implementing even the cheapest solutions to traffic and transportation? How can I lead to public transport change in my community?

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Collectivist =/= Communist, I am tired or arguing with Red Scare Americans who do not understand what Communism even is, nor understand the fact that a government that implements mass privatisation that the Nazis put in place is the exact opposite of communism. Fuck me.

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Me when I ignore the numerous amounts of right wing genocidal dictators installed by western capitalist governments in other countries in the name of capitalism (I am using Black Book of Communism rhetoric, a book that included stagnating birth rates and death of Nazi figures in war to inflate my figures as I have no other argument of substance).

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So you don't know what communism is since you mentioned it needing a state. I guess Nazi Germany is communist because of the "collectivist" goal of the Nazi party to improve the "motherland." Wtf am I saying, you probably actually believe that.

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I wonder what you think the motive behind colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade was.

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Because it pushes surface level feminism

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Me when I purposely try to ignore global power structures put into place by numerous historical events.

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

UK, early 20s, can and do drive manual.

The UK has a separate driving license for auto and manuals. If you pass your test with an automatic car, you get an automatic only license. If you pass eith a manual car you get a licence to drive both types, so most people decide to drive manual (although there is a slow increase of people getting auto only licenses). I prefer manual because they're more fun to drive in my opinion.

[–] t_jpeg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Literally. When the capitalist class are the ones funding the majority if political parties in your country, you are left with either voting for a really right wing candidate or a slightly less right wing candidate.