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[-] Jimbabwe@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 months ago

Because planned economies are a terrible idea. We would be doing this efficiently and organically if the demand for bikes and public transportation was higher and the demand for cars was lower.

Why don’t we uproot all our vegetable crops and grow cherry trees? Cherries are delicious so this is obviously a great idea!

The only reason you have food on your plate is because economies adjust incrementally from the ground up, not all at once from the top down.

[-] diffaldo@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Demand for public transport will not increase because it continues to be underfunded.

[-] Nobilmantis@feddit.it 17 points 10 months ago

Under-founds public transportation until all that's left is a old dirty bus going in along a useless route every 6 hours. Builds massive highways, parking lots and roads that make it "easy" to drive and impossible to walk or cycle, cuts gas taxes. WOAH GUYS, people are buying cars because they love them! We should give them more funding and keep de-funding transit projects

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