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[meme] Trains are 100000x easier to electrify and automate than cars, so why does everyone keep talking about electric and driverless cars? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (20 children)

Trains could have intercity connections. Walk/bus to the train, ride the train, walk/bus to your destination.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I have metro+train and it already wears me out so much that alI arrive at the office tired. I can’t imagine how I would survive through 3 different transit options twice a day

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I do the same and if anything, it just helps me wake up or wind down after a long day. Out of pure curiosity, how does it wear you out?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    I don’t know, I could not even imagine the transit switch to be not overwhelming, it’s just way too many changes for me in a short span of time, like too many tasks. go down, wait for metro, try to not miss the stop, get up on escalator, go to platform, wait there, it’s just sucking out energy out of me, if I spent all that time just sitting on the train yes I unwind and I love it but dragging my laptop around and standing and waiting and having to concentrate instead of getting into the flow is disruptive for me. Plus I feel like underground is super dark and dirty and on the bus I get nauseous from so many braking and stopping and all the vibrating from the road

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm sure you're aware part of that anxiety can come from the unfamiliarity. I'm surprised it doesn't end up being compared to the stress of merging from an on-ramp in a car, or watching crosswalks for pedestrians, or even just backing out of a driveway in some people's cases.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    100% anxiety from unfamiliarity. My last job had me flying over the US (terrible but it was for a renewable energy company and I was part of the Ops team). The first trip, I missed my flight, on which was my overnight bag.

    But from that first flight, I knew exactly what to do, where to go, and when to do it.

    If people take time to learn these systems over time, then these fears go away. Just takes courage to learn something new

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  • [+] -23 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    Sure buddy, spend a few hours hopping public transport each day is so much fun.

    Cars are superior in every single way, it's paupers that cry out of jealousy we're seeing here.

    They know cars aren't the problem, there are industries out there that spew out the equivalent of millions of cars but they don't bitch about that.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    hmmm, do I want to sit in a train, flip my laptop open and do some work, then walk through a park to the office for today... Or do I want to sit in traffic and do nothing...

    Tough choice there

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    no, I absolutely do not want to work on my way to work

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Work time starts when I open the laptop. I'm not volunteering that time, since i'm not completely insane. It makes a huge difference whether my workday starts in the office, or in the train.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I’m gonna be real, I’d 100% rather sit in traffic. It’s somewhat relaxing to me.

    I hate this trend that we need to be working all the time, even during our commute.

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