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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Chicken and egg situation, Americans drive because that’s how their cities and suburbs are laid out (excluding NYC, for the most part).

They don’t rely on alternatives because they are slow, inconvenient or non-existent; alternatives can’t be built up as the costs can’t be justified based on existing patronage levels.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Plenty of US cities are built like NY, on grids, as circles, etc. The problem is that everything is far away.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

It’s not so much about being built on a grid, but rather being built with a particularly high population density in mind - and further supported by a robust public transit network.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 7 hours ago

No, the problem is the network matters. When you can't get anywhere on transit you don't use it and in turn won't help improve it. I've many times looked at the transit options available to me and found I was unable to get my errand done on transit so I was forced to drive. One place I lived I checked and transit could do the job so I sold my car (but my wife still had hers because there were still many things we couldn't do on transit)