Taking away a lane for cars to create a dedicated bus lane made for faster commutes for everyone, thanks to faster, more reliable service on one of the region’s busiest bus routes.
Taking away a lane for cars to create a dedicated bus lane made for faster commutes for everyone, thanks to faster, more reliable service on one of the region’s busiest bus routes.
Culture is as culture does. Cars shouldn’t need to be a necessity for all because some people like them. Does minimum wage afford all Americans a new car today, on top of rent? You’ve been too entrenched in justifying your expensive car loan to yourself.
Sorry, I don’t have any car loans. I buy from auctions and repair them for myself. In fact, I probably have worse credit than you do, because I don’t have any. Couldn’t get a loan if I tried. Same with my house, I had to find a by-owner financier.
I’ve got a '96 Del Sol, An '05 mazda MX-5, A '15 Ford Focus SE, A '12 Hyundai Elantra, an 88 Fiero, and a 99 MR2. Each of them I got for around $2.5k ea due to damage that was wholly repairable, but the insurance companies don’t like the swallow that cost. I probably put another $1.5k into each to get them workable and for the title rework, but obviously my labor to myself is free.
I bought my 3/2 at the bottom of the 2008 crash, owner-financed for $32k. It’s just a matter of finding the people who can watch for stuff for you. Past the cars and the house, I own basically nothing. No savings right now, but also no rent, and no loans. Insurance on all the cars is basically the same as insurance on 2 of them. It didn’t go up adding the 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc… because I still drive about the same amount, the mileage is just split between them.
Cars are special to people. They aren’t just a tool to get from point A to point B, but many people’s first real investment into something. They take pride in that. Cars aren’t necessary because people like them, they’ve become a standard expectation because everyone loves them.
ADDITIONALLY One ocean freighter puts out more emissions than all of the cars in the USA do in a year. Pretending like this is something the people have to sacrifice in order to fix things is blind to the real problems. This is like everyone taking up drinking out of cardboard straws while Nestle still pumps fresh water out of Arizona. It’s pointless, and it puts the burden on the wrong people.
Okay then both our assumptions were wrong. Again just because cars are your hobby doesn’t mean we should design our society in a way that both assumes and forces car ownership on people. On top of the economics of every household needing at least access to one car, it is literally making our planet unlivable.
It really isn’t. Owning and operating cars PALES in comparison to corporate pollution from shipping industries. It’s the rampant consumerism that’s killing the world, not cars. That’s why all the crap about China polluting. China isn’t polluting so much as the US has offshored all of their pollution TO China.
The argument you’re making is the equiv to all these rich billionaires telling kids to skip the avacado toast and morning coffee.
Why is it up to the PEOPLE to curb these actions instead of the ones who are actually polluting? Why do the PEOPLE hold responsibility here when it comes to cars? Why do they have to suffer and use public transportation instead of their nice, private, quiet vehicle?