So operation Condor for Western Europe?
Edit: nope, Operation Condor actually happened, Gladio apparently didn't leave the planning stage.
I take it Kurtneigh is right out of reach.
I think the point is that this is pretty cheap. Might want to go a bit higher.
Your assumption that busses exist so they can be improved is quite telling. Huge swaths of the population, even living in million inhabitants+ cities, simply are not served by any form of mass transit.
The reason public transit works so well in Germany (where I did live for a bit) and Holland (visited and read about) is not because taking a car is more expensive. It's because mass transit works well, it's there when you need it, gets you to your destination in reasonable time and comfort, and is easy to use.
The very urban fabric in the USA is car oriented. Every little bodega has to have a dozen parking spaces built by law. Supermarkets have 3 to 4 times their store area wasted in parking lots. Everything is far apart because of this, so walking is impractical. With everyone driving to places, you need wide, fast roads, which makes biking places very unsafe. Every once in a while I see a white painted bike attached to a memorial in a light post, commemorating a life lost. And I live in the suburbs.
It's not an insurmountable problem, the Netherlands did that in the 70s. But any solution that proposes a simple fix is doomed to failure. This has to be a concerted, intense effort to work.
That's what I'm getting at, yes.
Skipping chapter 1 isn't optional.
That helped.
toke /tōk/ noun
A puff on a cigarette, marijuana cigarette, or pipe containing hashish or another mind-altering substance. A gratuity. A puff of marijuana.
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What's a foke?
Oh I got that, I am just lamenting the aborted project with you. I hope things look up for you soon.
Do whatever you fancy. I'll just have to block you, because I do have epilepsy and the first thing I saw when opened Lemmy was your gif flashing on me.
That's because mass transit is, with very few exceptions, absolutely ass in the USA. People only use it as the absolute last resort. That skews the table a lot against any public transit.
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Brrr.
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Alt Text: A cartoon illustration of a person and their pug walking outside in the winter, using a scarf wrapped around both their heads as a leash. Caption reads "It was too cold to even bother with a leash that day."
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I've been tempted
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That's neat!