LovesTha

joined 7 years ago
[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 9 months ago

@farbel @HiddenLayer555 Not much more, PT already moves more people than private vehicles around NYC: https://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/data-explorer/walking-driving-and-cycling/?id=2415#display=summary

So to get from where it is to a "no private vehicles" utopia thre isn't that much more to do. Probably as tramways on roads that will now be closed to cars. So not that expensive. But a couple more subways for some links that need more volume would probably be needed.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@ExtremeDullard thinner first layer (many profiles default to a thicker first layer), colour sequence too.

Those would be the first things I'd try.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@stray @turtlesareneat erecting fences to prevent unsafe crossings is usually done way before adequate crossing options are given.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 11 months ago

@Endymion_Mallorn @culprit @racketlauncher831 Where everything I could think of doing in Tokyo was <300m from a train station. Just tap a card to get into the station and go where you want to be. Such a fantastic city to visit, I wish I had made an opportunity to live there at some point.

Even the much smaller city of Kyoto, which has just a small metro + buses, was a pleasure to travel around. Plentiful buses and so many things are within walking distance.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@Endymion_Mallorn @culprit @racketlauncher831 Despite the fear of dogpiling, the two cities I've visited that contrast the most sharply are Houston and Tokyo. When we visited Houston for my BIL's wedding we stayed in a hotel 500m from the venue where the wedding was being held. Walking those 500m was horrific and clearly everyone expected us to drive 2 miles to park 300m from the venue. Even going between two stores in the same complex was expected to be by car.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 11 months ago

@TerranFenrir @mondoman712 the strength requirements for rails are much lower on the moon. I would also assume movement isn't going to be driven by the wheels (low gravity gives low friction), so that isn't a driving concern either (pun fully intended)

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 1 year ago

@perestroika @poVoq it looks like you can make that longer for bike fit, but yes, they have suspension in there which will impact it a little bit. But that shouldn't be a big deal.

[–] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 1 year ago

@9point6 @scrubbles the $500 a month for a second hand lease?

Converting that to Aussie, we'll call it $800 a month. My wife visits the office twice a week, by Uber at 8pm her one way commute would be $42. That is safely an under estimate as peak traffic makes that much worse.

2 x 2 x 4 = 16 trips a month is $672 a month on taxi's for that commute. A commute that is infrequent, and less than half the distance to the city from our suburb.

Yes that is before other car costs, but other trips too