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  • Cars are faster, cover long distances which are just infeasible for bikes, are more comfortable, can be used in bad weather, and are needed for people with disabilities.

    In many cases the long distances were created by cars. Cities worked fine before cars. But cars demand so much space that cities became spread out.

    A solution to this problem is to repopulate city centers around the country by replacing parking lots with mixed use buildings.

  • Are there any books about the decline of public transit in the US?
  • The electric interurban railways in America talks about the history of electric passenger trains that connected American cities particularly in the Midwest. Lots of fun maps of the networks and they describe how all the companies failed.

    Thought it was written with a 1960s carbrain perspective, the information is interesting

  • E-commerce Unknown  – Eugene Weekly
  • Imo the real story is Eugene decided to expand its UGB 8 years ago. Maybe that was a mistake, I'm generally not a fan of building things at the edge of town. But on the other hand, the airport is already there, and it would be nice to have transit to the airport. Building more things next to the airport can help make that happen

  • Why the Electoral College is Worthless
  • If enough states decide to give their votes to the winner of the popular vote, this would solve the problems of the electoral college. A fair number of states already agreed to the popular vote compact. We just need the big Republican states to agree. Which probably will happen after a Democrat wins the electoral college after loosing the popular vote.

    The way politics are trending, with more white Democrats and non-white Republicans, the electoral college advantage for Republicans is fading.

  • This diverging diamond interchange Caltrans plans to build
  • I wouldnt bike on that painted bike lane across a right turn slip lane designed to make cars slow down as little as possible coming off the freeway

    There should be a protected bike lane in the median with a dedicated signal where the diamonds cross

  • Federation seems to work now

    It seems like comments show up immediately now. At least on Lemmy.world

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