Let's Ban Cars! (Seriously)

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@BritMonkey
@BritMonkey 2 жыл бұрын
"you must be a city dweller who doesn't own a car" neither of these things are true, please stop polluting my comments section with this argument
@mhyc22
@mhyc22 2 жыл бұрын
Yay i'm first here for once
@TheBonecrusherz
@TheBonecrusherz 2 жыл бұрын
"youre just a socialist idiot" seems to fit way more
@LM-MMM
@LM-MMM 2 жыл бұрын
so glad I just found this channel
@jumpvelocity3953
@jumpvelocity3953 2 жыл бұрын
HAHA YOU DELETED YOUR OLD COMMENT
@jumpvelocity3953
@jumpvelocity3953 2 жыл бұрын
straw-man argument
@jiffyalt4259
@jiffyalt4259 2 жыл бұрын
A frightening thing I noticed when going to New York was that the ambulance couldn't get around. There were too many cars. Imagine if we could have empty ambulance routes.
@Perambulous
@Perambulous 2 жыл бұрын
yea lets forget about police and fire department services
@user-vi1lv2xi9i
@user-vi1lv2xi9i 2 жыл бұрын
@@Perambulous for them too, of course
@HorpheuNurbem
@HorpheuNurbem 2 жыл бұрын
Empty ambulance routes are a thing in Europe :)
@beth4339
@beth4339 2 жыл бұрын
I've watched people get outta the way for an ambulance and somebody goes "ohh!! Y'all moved just for ME???? Awww thank you " and pull in front of the ambulance and not go a fast speed. Also yesssss first responder routes!!!
@douchebagvampire1283
@douchebagvampire1283 2 жыл бұрын
@@HorpheuNurbem uhh, where in europe? my country sure doesn't have them
@spicytuna62
@spicytuna62 3 жыл бұрын
If we're banning cars, we need more mixed use spaces, too. I won't ever feel the need for a car if I could work, shop, and live in an area where all three are within walking distance of one another.
@pnku
@pnku 3 жыл бұрын
As a European the fact that is not the standard seems crazy to me, like who thought it would be a good idea to seperate all these things? Oh, wait the car industry did. (And the people building highways, too.)
@robertortiz-wilson1588
@robertortiz-wilson1588 3 жыл бұрын
It's because countries in Europe are pathetically small.
@pnku
@pnku 3 жыл бұрын
@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Because the US is a big country you can't have working cities... I see.
@garthy4u
@garthy4u 3 жыл бұрын
Auto industry are the ones who benefit, and want to keep urban sprawl happening. R1 (single family homes) zoning is the the reason you can't live and work in the same place. Most cities in the US have like 70+% R1 zones. Nothing commercial can be built. Not even a coffee shop.
@pnku
@pnku 3 жыл бұрын
@@Miguel-yx9zg Capitalism thinks differently.
@Datboichannel
@Datboichannel 3 жыл бұрын
“We’re going to install a national belief that cycling is patriotic” as a Dutch person this made me laugh so hard! I never thought of it in that way!😂
@cornetingen7733
@cornetingen7733 3 жыл бұрын
Well, it kinda is. Im dutch amd i really do not need a car
@TBMVD
@TBMVD 3 жыл бұрын
I'm Dutch and I always cycle everywhere I go, even if I have to cycle one hour to go to school and another to go back. It's good to exercise and it's completely free, aside from the bicycle of course.
@reubenalxsznder6172
@reubenalxsznder6172 3 жыл бұрын
@@TBMVD hell yeah 👍 here in Indonesia, roads are most highly dangerous and the public transportations are all suck. We both living dangerously by driving or even just walk along the pedestrian 😅 bike? Don't even think about it
@rida9639
@rida9639 3 жыл бұрын
Just as patriotic as using the trains hell yeah
@DeepZeea
@DeepZeea 3 жыл бұрын
But you know it's true :D
@shimmer4279
@shimmer4279 Жыл бұрын
I dont mind biking long distances, I dont trust 1 thin line between me and a car going 40mph to keep me safe
@crazystupidbean
@crazystupidbean Жыл бұрын
that’s why bike lanes need to be better. if people cycled more instead of driving the government will be forced to make biking lanes better.
@Telemushu
@Telemushu 8 ай бұрын
@@crazystupidbeanye but ain’t no one gonna drive like that. And it hurts because officials are gonna go like, “oh, ain’t nobody using these painted gutters, guess we don’t need this bike lane after all!” and just merge it all to make more space for cars. I so wanna bike to get to school because I don’t believe I’m responsible for a car. And yet these streets are so dang dangerous that I’m practically forced to drive to get anywhere
@MalachiCo0
@MalachiCo0 8 ай бұрын
And we don't trust bikers to not be stupid entitled assholes 😂
@saya_miguel_akunlama3008
@saya_miguel_akunlama3008 8 ай бұрын
Good luck biking in a storm
@oleksandrfedoriv
@oleksandrfedoriv 8 ай бұрын
try 100 mph
@Chocolate-wb1bu
@Chocolate-wb1bu 3 жыл бұрын
You don't have to ban cars. It just needs to be possible to not be dependent on one. Basically: 1. Copy Japanese zoning laws which allow small shops, barbers, restaurants etc. to be build around residential areas within walking distance. 2. Build cycling infrastructure like they do in the Netherlands, especially in areas where public transport is cost-prohibitive. That's it. As long as you can easily access daily necessities without a car, the majority of people stop using them on their own because they're so expensive. Even more interestingly, car enthusiasts should actually want this because the small percentage of people who will still have or want to drive would experience less traffic and less road rage. Would also improve the economy because products get faster from A to B. Also allows ambulances and other protective services to move around more quickly. Everyone would win, well, except those who profit from the current horrible infrastructure.
@robbieaulia6462
@robbieaulia6462 3 жыл бұрын
Not like it's possible to kill such a large industry without a huge backlash.
@arni21
@arni21 3 жыл бұрын
As a car enthusiast this comment relieved my madness
@axelfiraxa
@axelfiraxa 3 жыл бұрын
People keep thinking that people driving are idiots. As a father of 2 whenever i need to haul the small bastards around the main issue with NOT using a car is the sheer inconvenience of it all. Whenever I am on my own or just travelling with my daughter it is easy to take the bus, but if we need to have the stroller for the baby and my wife is also coming it suddenly makes more sense to just pack everyone in the car and get moving. When public transport options are actually good the car doesnt move. For instance I used to work in a different city where I had to drive there on a Monday, and between then and Friday when i would drive back to my home town the car would just stay parked and I would be on a subway. People really dont LIKE paying for cars but there are good reasons for why they do and it has more to do with how the cities themselves are being run than the individual himself.
@garethbaus5471
@garethbaus5471 3 жыл бұрын
@@axelfiraxaplenty of bicycle trailers on the market are capable of carrying kids that cost substantially less than a used car AND aren't significantly less convenient for short trips. Once the kids are old enough for their own bicycles it is already pretty common for children in the US to have bicycles. I don't find helmets less convenient than seatbelts, and using properly designed bicycle infrastructure is significantly safer than driving.
@Gabu_
@Gabu_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@robbieaulia6462 Sure, there will be some backlash. Tell these people to shove their complaints up their asses until the projects are completed.
@tubaboytom
@tubaboytom 3 жыл бұрын
For Americans, it's difficult to go carless (at the moment that is) because of the gross zoning and land use practices. You can't drive to the store without having to drive all the way there. You can't just walk down a block, pick up a few things that you need, and go back home. And that's why it's so hard to give up cars in the US then Europe; where a lot of older cities have mixed zoning and land use. To begin on limiting the use of cars (I think banning is extreme and takes away personal freedom of choice) Americans need to fix how the land is used and zoned. Only then will we be able to walk to the hardware store and nail a civil engineer to a cross.
@A-homo-sapien
@A-homo-sapien 3 жыл бұрын
fuck freedom, shit has too many downsides lmao- banning cars, guns and forcefully taking *fully tested* vacines might take away your sum of your freedom but it would save millions of lives... but that would be too hard for you would'nt it :((( your fReEdoM is more important than millions of lives innit. also i get your point with the zones btw- i was'nt rlly talkin specifically too you just ventin to all the twats out there lol
@monkeyman321
@monkeyman321 3 жыл бұрын
The American way of freedom is overrated. We humans are animals and need a proper set of rules to act responsibly.
@A-homo-sapien
@A-homo-sapien 3 жыл бұрын
@@monkeyman321 100%, as long as your humanity is'nt takin away, you can be a indevidual, you can choose from many careers and everyone is treated equally. its all about balance
@ricardobarahona3939
@ricardobarahona3939 3 жыл бұрын
Banning isn’t extreme when cars cause to much damage to human life and the climate. What’s extreme is not helping humanity prosper and not addressing climate change. Cars can’t be banned everywhere due to how terrible US infrastructure is but I believe it’s needs to start being banned the urban centers of the largest cities in the US and build from their public transportation and over time more areas will ban cares and become pedestrian/bike friendly, which gives more space, better quality air, and help many small businesses.
@krunkle5136
@krunkle5136 3 жыл бұрын
Or like Japan virtually not zone at all.
@benadrylion4678
@benadrylion4678 3 жыл бұрын
1980: there will be flying cars in the future! Future: no cars
@mcwooley
@mcwooley 3 жыл бұрын
We spend tremendous resources on highways and wonder why we have no flying cars
@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385
@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 3 жыл бұрын
One thing is for surten cars will not be band for 3 to 4 years in the usa (as of 2021)
@CWINDOWSsystem32
@CWINDOWSsystem32 3 жыл бұрын
Considering how many people die trying to navigate two dimensions in a regular car, it's a good thing we don't have flying cars with an extra dimension.
@appleslover
@appleslover 3 жыл бұрын
That's good, actually
@dungc6479
@dungc6479 3 жыл бұрын
We'll replace the cars with autonomous taxi drones. They'll land right in the middle of the intersections so pay attention to the traffic lights!
@RailFanUK09
@RailFanUK09 4 ай бұрын
you choose trains because you're an environmentalist, I choose trains because AUTISM. we are not the same
@katiea.1995
@katiea.1995 4 ай бұрын
ur odd.
@RailFanUK09
@RailFanUK09 4 ай бұрын
@@katiea.1995 no, well technically yes, but I’m just an autistic prat. Although I am an environmentalist, my main reason for choosing trains is just because I have a hyper-fixation on them
@FunAngelo2005
@FunAngelo2005 3 ай бұрын
Same
@RailFanUK09
@RailFanUK09 3 ай бұрын
@@FunAngelo2005 highly respectable
@isthisthingoH_NO
@isthisthingoH_NO 2 ай бұрын
As a verified autist I can confirm I like them for both reasons
@DookJob
@DookJob 3 жыл бұрын
Banning cars for cities seems like a good first step because I cant imagine banning cars for rural areas any time soon, its almost a necessity over there.
@riograndedosulball248
@riograndedosulball248 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly The needs of the countryside man are different to those of the city. transportation, living, even personal security, are primarily reliant to the individual rather than the public, as everything is very far from us. Transitioning to public transportation in the city centers and adjacent areas? Yeah, totally doable, even like it is now. Transitioning to public transportation in the countryside? Not happening
@yes8032
@yes8032 3 жыл бұрын
It’s insane I ain’t using public transport in my own city when I can just drive my own car what’s happening to this world
@m.f.3347
@m.f.3347 3 жыл бұрын
@@riograndedosulball248 Roads are heavily subsidised, as well as all the other facilities that need to be extended to reach low-density areas. If people who lived rural actually paid for these costs most of them would move and you'd probably only have farmers left
@hithere5553
@hithere5553 3 жыл бұрын
@@m.f.3347 if people had to pay for roads everyone would live in a village lol.
@thehuman2734
@thehuman2734 3 жыл бұрын
Even banning in cities can be a problem. Restrictions seems like a better idea
@rustkitty
@rustkitty 2 жыл бұрын
"buying a bus ticket twice a day" Well, here is one of your problems, a price model that actively discourages public transportation utilization. Here in Budapest you can get a monthly ticket for a flat price with unlimited utilization (for about 60% price compared to 2 line tickets every work day). Also we have a bike rental service for about £11 _a year_ where the first 30 minutes of every journey is free. Yeah, everything is crumbling here, but at least the public transportation pricing scheme is figured out!
@Helperbot-2000
@Helperbot-2000 2 жыл бұрын
now i just imagine you in a shiny new bus driving through a crumbling city like: "this is fine"
@rustkitty
@rustkitty 2 жыл бұрын
@@Helperbot-2000 lol, but the bus isn't shiny or new either, just cheap.
@Helperbot-2000
@Helperbot-2000 2 жыл бұрын
@@rustkitty oof
@thedapperdolphin1590
@thedapperdolphin1590 2 жыл бұрын
I think most cities have a monthly or weekly pass option
@UnholyAngel755
@UnholyAngel755 2 жыл бұрын
The point of the example was a worse case scenario for the bus and what people in car centric places would use for a reason against banning cars
@aquaponieee
@aquaponieee 2 жыл бұрын
For people who say "I lived in the middle of nowhere and the nearest shop was 1 hour of driving". This video pretty much says to reduce car usage within urban areas and cities. Cars used in desert areas like this are not a problem at all, it's the huge largely populated suburban areas with thousands of cars and constant traffic that are the problem
@drivernephi5587
@drivernephi5587 2 жыл бұрын
Wish he would specify. At least in the point of the video I'm in he has not mentioned rural areas.
@BNWOCHUD
@BNWOCHUD 2 жыл бұрын
the thing is, train.
@theredscourge
@theredscourge 2 жыл бұрын
Europeans clearly do not know what it is like to live in an American or Canadian city if they think this is a valid criticism. Less than 15% of people in a N.A. city can get rid of their car and rely on public transit, and most of those who can are rich people who live downtown and are always going to own a car anyway "just in case". For the other 85%, the only way transit makes sense is if they can afford to spend 2-3x longer commuting than the 0.5-1.5 hours they already spend, and if they'd actually save enough on parking and gas to use transit for their daily to-and-from-work commute.
@milly-sy4bc
@milly-sy4bc 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah cause the cities are built FOR cars. Fix your city fix your dependency.
@xdn22
@xdn22 2 жыл бұрын
@@theredscourge you are assuming that there wont be any improvement in infrastructure lmao.
@yossiraucher9281
@yossiraucher9281 Жыл бұрын
I live in New York where cars essentially are second class citizens, and when I’m leaving work at around five there are hour long traffic jams to cross a 3000 foot bridge, meanwhile I zoom through it on the subway. So by that point I don’t really care about being on crowded train bc I get home almost half an hour faster then a coworker who lives near me
@NotJustBikes
@NotJustBikes 4 жыл бұрын
I've been to a lot of citites around the world, and I've noticed a kind of "universal rule" of cities: the more car friendly a place is, the shittier it is to be. A park is a better place to be than a parkway, but it works at every stage in-between as well. There is almost no place that can't be made better by making it less car-friendly.
@letheas6175
@letheas6175 4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you here! Love your videos about the Netherlands. I've recently started a study regarding mobility :D
@petertraudes106
@petertraudes106 4 жыл бұрын
@@letheas6175 Nederland laat zien dat er alternatieven voor auto's bestaan zonder de auto's totaal uit te bannen.
@madhaviv923
@madhaviv923 3 жыл бұрын
shut up i love v12 cars and i dont care
@dariann1661
@dariann1661 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you here!
@yosephbuitrago897
@yosephbuitrago897 3 жыл бұрын
madhavi v lmao then you’re a loser
@m.f.3347
@m.f.3347 3 жыл бұрын
"long stretchy car" earned you a subscriber. I'm not a full on "ban cars" guy, and I know the title is semi-clickbait, but driving should be an option and not a necessity
@Maxzes_
@Maxzes_ 3 жыл бұрын
Dubai would collapse in under 30 seconds with this law being applied lmao
@m.f.3347
@m.f.3347 3 жыл бұрын
@@Maxzes_ Dubai is a fucking joke of a city. Sheikh Zayyed Road is the dumbest shit I have ever seen, a 10 lane highway down the middle of the city??? And all that black asphalt actually raises the local temperature. That shit needs to just flat out gotten rid of and replaced with a competent transport system. Obviously Dubai couldn't ban cars tomorrow, first they need to build the infrastructure to support it. But they're fucking loaded so I don't see why they can't
@illiiilli24601
@illiiilli24601 3 жыл бұрын
@@m.f.3347 > why they can't Rich people like driving their sports cars down massive 10 lane highways
@jebthegodemperor7301
@jebthegodemperor7301 3 жыл бұрын
@@Maxzes_ Good.
@andrzej2501
@andrzej2501 3 жыл бұрын
THAT I agree with - if it becomes an option NOT a necessity. Car AND public transport. Better choices - not just more prohibitions.
@joanollasPN
@joanollasPN 3 жыл бұрын
Can't tell if this video is serious or not, it's so mentally deranged that it seems like a joke video, but at the same time it's missing the most important component of a joke video, the funny
@ihazplawe2503
@ihazplawe2503 3 жыл бұрын
funne moments
@derdurstbursch
@derdurstbursch 3 жыл бұрын
memtally derange ye
@ihazplawe2503
@ihazplawe2503 3 жыл бұрын
@@Oppen1945 car bad foot good unironically
@plusxz821
@plusxz821 3 жыл бұрын
@@Oppen1945 ur sooooo unironically ironically ironical unironically 🙄
@gmodrules123456789
@gmodrules123456789 3 жыл бұрын
@@ihazplawe2503 Tell me how we will transport materials from point A to point B.
@rogan6947
@rogan6947 Жыл бұрын
My favourite part of this video as someone that is learning Chinese was your joke about bikes being foot-powered cars, which is the literal translation for bike in Chinese :)
@paintedfingernail2308
@paintedfingernail2308 7 ай бұрын
So what were they called before cars were invented?
@rogan6947
@rogan6947 7 ай бұрын
​@@paintedfingernail2308 Good point! 车 means car, but also means vehicle and originally was the term for wheeled carts/chariots etc. its also used with other characters to mean bus or taxi etc. But cars are now the most common wheeled vehicle so I guess are what is assumed when you say it.
@paintedfingernail2308
@paintedfingernail2308 7 ай бұрын
@@rogan6947 oh that's rad
@JiminyClarkson
@JiminyClarkson 6 ай бұрын
​@@paintedfingernail2308​ what's rad is Chinese phrases are generally made up with words to give literal meanings because the language is so syllabically condense. A motor car is a "gas car", a bus is a generally called "public gas car" depending where you're from, a train is a "fire car", a tram is an "electric car", an ambulance is a "save protect car", a taxi is a "rent out car". People say Chinese is hard to learn, in some ways yes, but in English you're learning a completely different word for all these things.
@paintedfingernail2308
@paintedfingernail2308 6 ай бұрын
@@JiminyClarkson 😭holy shit that's even cooler
@Sythemn
@Sythemn 2 жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, when I went onsite to a customer in Germany, I actually loved the convenience of walking / tram / train compared to literally having to drive everywhere despite living in a significant American city. Way less stressful. Lost a bunch of weight without trying. And no one trying to run me over on a daily basis.
@ibstummyhurt8057
@ibstummyhurt8057 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kirill-er9gv It's the exact opposite, the whole point of car free cities is to save time.
@actually5004
@actually5004 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kirill-er9gv It's TEXAS bro, don't ask a logistics and transportation expert for what a cowboy will know- horses are better than cars.
@ibstummyhurt8057
@ibstummyhurt8057 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kirill-er9gv Trains. Also you haven't watched the video fully, you'd understand the general consensus for rural areas if you did.
@neil7910
@neil7910 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention how much of an eyesore cars are
@user-vi1lv2xi9i
@user-vi1lv2xi9i 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kirill-er9gv Have you ever heard of regional Trains?
@leonardodavid2842
@leonardodavid2842 3 жыл бұрын
I am a car guy, and I strongly support this. For any car guys around. 1. There will be less drivers around. When we do drive were we can, it will be much more comfortable. 2. Those that will choose to drive, presumably will do so because they enjoy it. Hence, better drivers around. 3. Who actually enjoys driving in big congested cities? We can drive outside cities and on circuits. 4. We get all the benefits that non-car lovers get.
@irrelevance3859
@irrelevance3859 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. I like driving too but you know what completely depletes the experience? Traffic. This solves the traffic problem. And let’s everyone get to where they need to faster, even if cars are rerouted and need to drive more/further. It does benefit everyone it loads of ways.
@geluxo3041
@geluxo3041 3 жыл бұрын
Having a car myself( Lexus is200), and being a car guy I rarely use the car to go anywhere, in my region public transport is 20€/Month for everyone under 26 and is 6€ a month for everyone over 65 and I can go anywhere by train ,metro, bus and tram. Everyday when I go to college instead of spending 45 min in my car having to pay attention to the road, i spend 45 minutes in a bus where I can sleep,or see the phone. I use my car to chill at night where I can't sleep l, take my friends to dinner or cinema and go to some car meets and I enjoy the car a lot.
@kersacoft
@kersacoft 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not saying you're wrong those would be great things, but I think you're naive if you don't at least consider those eco-facist cunts won't try to ban or tax cars away.
@leonardodavid2842
@leonardodavid2842 3 жыл бұрын
@@kersacoft If your logic is: We should not do something we agree would be beneficial to almost everybody, including ourselves, because it will then be more likely that the law will go to far, then we should be talking about political reforms or leaving to go abroad. Because such a fear is nuts. If something must be done, it is done. I don't see how Eco-fascists will take over, at least in my country. Which for all it's problems, is at least good at preventing any one political group of pushing laws without consent of most of the population. Btw, a tax on cars should almost by definition exist. I don't think there is one microeconomics book that doesn't use cars as an example of negative externality that should be internalised. These taxes already exist, so maybe tax on cars may increase of a small degree, a complete ban however is absurd. Cars will still be necessary, at least for the foreseeable future, to travel to any rural area, and still to perform many jobs within and outside the cities. I doubt delivery guys will ever use public transport. They will continue to speed in Vespas around the cities.
@kersacoft
@kersacoft 3 жыл бұрын
@@leonardodavid2842 I'm not saying our hobby should be above the common good of mankind, just that I doubt once most people won't need cars anymore that they'll let us exist in peace, many people don't support freedom they don't use. Eco-fascist was just an insult.
@veroorzaakt6387
@veroorzaakt6387 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a car guy, I'm one of those guys the EPA hates. Ironically while I like a loud or fast car every now and then, I would rather live in a community similar to the Netherlands, where car speed is limited with smarter city planning, and driving is less of a requirement, but more of a want and desire.
@oscardighton8580
@oscardighton8580 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, cars in inner cities shouldn't really be a thing, but in rural and suburban areas is where they belong in my opinion
@benw3864
@benw3864 3 жыл бұрын
Car ownership in rural areas (assuming EVs only) is fine as long as car owners are actually willing to pay their fair share. The problem is making car owners pay the real cost of all the infrastructure they require would make it so that many people would not be able to afford cars anymore as we excessively subsidize road infrastructure. I think in the future cars should be banned within city limits, be extremely limited in suburban areas, and allowed in rural areas, BUT car owners will have to pay large ownership taxes & property taxes on those who live rural would be raised to cover their infrastructure costs. If car ownership really does come down to "I want to own one because I like it more even if I have other options" then it shouldn't be the government's job to fund that hobby.
@oscardighton8580
@oscardighton8580 3 жыл бұрын
@@benw3864 to be fair cyclists don’t need to pay road tax or insurance, If anything car drivers are subsidizing them
@matejlieskovsky9625
@matejlieskovsky9625 3 жыл бұрын
@@oscardighton8580 True, but cyclists could also use a vastly cheaper (to build) bike road and they don't wear down the roads. The difference in insurance makes sense since cyclists don't have the same propensity to kill people, nor are there so many other externalities for them to cover.
@Approximation
@Approximation 3 жыл бұрын
@@oscardighton8580 You should look up the stats to maintain cycling paths - Wearing of asphalt is not linear with weight and the cost of servicing cycle infrastructure barely even comes close to the billions and billions spent on maintaining the highway systems. So no cars don't subsidize cycling infrastructure( Also you need to remember it isn't "cars" subsidizing anything, it's the government that chooses where funding goes and that money comes from taxpayers' pockets).
@Bruno-G
@Bruno-G Жыл бұрын
We don't need to ban cars. Just minimize car dependency Edit: seens like i accidently started a war. Yes you can live somewhere non car dependent, but let's face it, you STILL NEED a car for daily jobs like buying groceries or taking someone to the hospital on emergencies ( its a much more available option if you live in a country where you have to PAY for an ambulance) So yea, car dependency is bad but we must be very careful about how we're supposed to fix it
@CarTourTV168
@CarTourTV168 Жыл бұрын
Indeed if they banned cars Im going to stop living in this world
@durece100
@durece100 Жыл бұрын
No. Cars need to completely banned, except emergency vehicles.
@_lordbucket3863
@_lordbucket3863 Жыл бұрын
@@durece100AND logistics, I can see how they are delivering my brand new wardrobe with tram. I actually love trams and other public transport and use it in Poland all the time, they are amazing and like only 20 bucks per month to travel as much as I want here in Krakow
@manne8575
@manne8575 Жыл бұрын
@@durece100 Lol, you car haters are funny. Completely laughable hahaha.
@thejummyjum6207
@thejummyjum6207 Жыл бұрын
Car’s should definitely have way less dependence, but it would have to be done precisely considering many rely on cars to reach far away jobs, and need cars during the winter
@taxtengo7427
@taxtengo7427 3 жыл бұрын
For me, the biggest downside to not having a car is that it limits how much it is to comfortably carry with you. Luggage, musical instruments, other kinds of equipment etc. Otherwise I'm pretty happy about living without a car.
@mr.rosenberg9047
@mr.rosenberg9047 3 жыл бұрын
And that you have to travel with others, and you can't leave when you want. It's extremely impractical
@Mrrraaou
@Mrrraaou 3 жыл бұрын
With a cargo e-bike you can carry as much as you could in your car. You can travel on your own and leave whenever you want with a simple bike or with a high frequency transport network. Plus do you really need those things on an everyday basis ? Cars can do the most, but most of the time it's like destroying a sand castle with a bulldozer.
@taxtengo7427
@taxtengo7427 3 жыл бұрын
@@Mrrraaou Yeah, a smaller vehicle makes more sense if you don't need a car on a daily basis - and I don't. Renting a car on the occasion I need it would be an option if I had a license.
@danielsnoopeh1807
@danielsnoopeh1807 3 жыл бұрын
@@taxtengo7427 in the ideal future, we would live in a car free city with some rentable cars, which can drive by themself.
@wile123456
@wile123456 3 жыл бұрын
Car sharing is the solution. Renting a car the rare cases you actually need it
@innvtr2487
@innvtr2487 3 жыл бұрын
Even as an automotive enthusiast, I find it hard to disagree. Cities and the environment are just better without cars.
@S.ASmith
@S.ASmith 3 жыл бұрын
Cities for sure, but ownership should be voluntary. Banning cars or enforcing arbitrary limits on things is not very liberal in the slightest. Say no to eco-fascism.
@gurumage9555
@gurumage9555 3 жыл бұрын
@@S.ASmith More people will be saved from sickness and deaths if we make stricter mandates. That is not fascism that is welcomed regulation.
@santiagoperez2094
@santiagoperez2094 3 жыл бұрын
@@gurumage9555 said hitler while banning warming up the water with the crab inside.
@rdablock
@rdablock 3 жыл бұрын
@@S.ASmith your package is arriving soon, courtesy of uncle Ted
@S.ASmith
@S.ASmith 3 жыл бұрын
@@gurumage9555 "Less people will be saved"??? I don't know if you're in favour of regs or not hahaha... Anyway.. Regulations are already strict enough. Regulation stifles innovation to the point you get no improvement. There are very efficient engine designs that likely won't see the light of day and Porche's SynFuel and Konningsegg's Freevalve tech that won't see widespread use because of such things. EVs are a scam. Only good for buses and taxis in cities. Good quality fuel with LPG/CNG and Hydrogen internal combustion as other options (especially for road haulage and plant machinery) is the _correct_ way forward. But no no, it makes too much sense for politicians to do such things. Improving city transport links would take cars off the road voluntarily, reduce car idle times (decreasing wear) and mean you can reduce road volume and size over time in a gradual and slow change. Bringing down the ban hammer on something because Gretta said "HOW DARE YOU" and Elon offers you some weed is asinine and crippling.
@aidanlutz8106
@aidanlutz8106 3 жыл бұрын
I love when people say that public transport helps spread disease, like the emissions from a bunch of cars is good for you either.
@CaptainAlliance
@CaptainAlliance 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but are you breathing in those emissions while you're riding?
@aidanlutz8106
@aidanlutz8106 3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainAlliance you assume someone is in a car 24/7.
@CaptainAlliance
@CaptainAlliance 3 жыл бұрын
@@aidanlutz8106 and you disregard the fact that public transportation is a vector for disease.
@aidanlutz8106
@aidanlutz8106 3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainAlliance no, I’m pointing out irony.
@MrCmon113
@MrCmon113 3 жыл бұрын
Lol what? Being in a car on a street won't harm you, but when you're susceptible to disease standing next to an infected person can kill you.
@Iknowthismeme
@Iknowthismeme Жыл бұрын
I’m an European student. I pay 50€ for a bus card every September, it lasts a year. I spend 50€ a year to take a vehicle, with air conditioning, seats and a driver, which would be almost the same as getting carried around by my parents. The difference is that I can take the bus wherever and whenever I want to.
@itsjustsushi2023
@itsjustsushi2023 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@antonioalonso2986
@antonioalonso2986 Жыл бұрын
...Wherever and whenever your wishes are scheduled by the transport services... I mean... there are places where you could only go twice a week taking the bus at 9:00 and paying what they tell you to pay.
@Iknowthismeme
@Iknowthismeme Жыл бұрын
@@antonioalonso2986 that's not quite the case for me, my city is almost entirely covered buy bus stops to the point that it's hard to be farther than 200m from a bus stop.
@antonioalonso2986
@antonioalonso2986 Жыл бұрын
@@Iknowthismeme that's it: it is not your case... but I think it's an error to legislate from particular's point of view without considering the necessities of the rest of the society. Now our authorities consider car owners are evil citizens that use cars to have fun carelessly to polute and damage everybody... and happily pays what goverments want them to. But... be careful what you wish because it may turn real... I mean taxes leived to cars have a good thing that is they are only payed by those who use cars... but... if no cars... our governments wont reduce their budgets for sure so they'll increase any other to compensate, so people will end up paying more for "living" in places. Another thing I'll like to add is that it's very easy to record damage and polution (I wont discuss this, as it's true they damage and polute)... but it's very difficult to record the beneffits they contribute to society, or at least few people care for those stats, but I'm sure the do more good things than allow personal movement freedom. Regards
@CaptainKeffer
@CaptainKeffer Жыл бұрын
@@antonioalonso2986ofc cars will always be needed for people who live in really low populated areas, but here in my country we have these park&ride places where there are massive parking garages with a dedicated tram,bus and sometimes even train stops. It’s for people who want to go to another city so that they can still drive if they need to but once you enter the suburbs of that city you’ll have a easy transfer to multiple tram/bus lines most that come every 5-10 minutes
@priestesslucy
@priestesslucy 3 жыл бұрын
I'd be down for this within city limits. Rural communities still need cars though
@secretagentcat
@secretagentcat 3 жыл бұрын
@@tommykirk3403 "forcing"
@danielvidmar5519
@danielvidmar5519 3 жыл бұрын
As a rural dude,I agree
@LaMadriguera
@LaMadriguera 3 жыл бұрын
As a Rural, we already use Cars less than people on cities, so, is just kinda fair.
@GeneralFalukorv
@GeneralFalukorv 3 жыл бұрын
This is a big problem, all the politicians who speak about "no cars in 2050" and so on totally forget about all the people living on the countryside. Like how am I supposed to be able to get food and other necessities when the closest store is many miles away, and if there even are busses the closest stop is very far away and the busses are very infrequent, like 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening. Cars are still needed, there is no way they'll be able to build railroads or bus lines to satisfy the needs of people in very rural areas in the coming decades
@Falloff
@Falloff 3 жыл бұрын
They have horses lol
@shuem_
@shuem_ 3 жыл бұрын
The only reason i will agree on car ban is to ride horses like cowboys
@rykmak2432
@rykmak2432 3 жыл бұрын
Aaand... We have a problem on Horses waste in Urban areas. But not a problem in Rural areas.
@shuem_
@shuem_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@rykmak2432 aye man if you invest in sth might as well be prepared for inconvenience that comes along with it
@mineth11
@mineth11 3 жыл бұрын
69 likes 🤑🤑
@YellowEvoV110
@YellowEvoV110 3 жыл бұрын
They have too high maintanence, someone has to clean the shit of the road and they are harder to controll
@oammaslastnamethei3063
@oammaslastnamethei3063 3 жыл бұрын
@@YellowEvoV110 but have you considered: they can be petted. Now you cant do that with a car can you?
@turtleb01
@turtleb01 3 жыл бұрын
"Wherever cars have been banned, nobody wanted them back" Here in my city, the city centre is built in a grid. Not too long ago, there was a road running right through the central square. It was removed in order to make more space for the people and well, the cars could also just go around. And people whined. Later they banned cars all together from the main road, and left it open for buses and trams, solving all the traffic problems.
@amac2612
@amac2612 2 жыл бұрын
where you live mate?
@emptyduckling
@emptyduckling 2 жыл бұрын
Where do you live?
@turtleb01
@turtleb01 2 жыл бұрын
@@amac2612 Tha's an OSINT challenge for you two (I left this comment two days ago, seems like it got removed)
@mba849
@mba849 2 жыл бұрын
@@turtleb01 Madrid?
@turtleb01
@turtleb01 2 жыл бұрын
@@mba849 No
@TilmanBaumann
@TilmanBaumann Жыл бұрын
I think I have the solution for the rural population. The hovercraft! We can get rid of all roads. We will be left with hovercraft gently gliding over untouched idyllic landscapes
@infanteater91
@infanteater91 Жыл бұрын
hot air balloon
@latergator9622
@latergator9622 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who doesn’t live in a city my first thought was, that would be literally impossible for me, but I hate traffic with a passion haha. Better public transport is needed
@davibergamin5943
@davibergamin5943 3 жыл бұрын
Or maybe better city design
@Celis.C
@Celis.C 3 жыл бұрын
It's such an ironic situation that public transport is so _inconvenient_ where I live that I never consider it an option. Taking the bike and car are thus my preferred options. And said public transport won't change until a forceful decision is made to change this status quo.
@Bonzman
@Bonzman 3 жыл бұрын
And when there's only public transport and the fares go beyond inflation no one will be able to travel and we'll all be back in the Dark ages. Enjoy that people.
@davibergamin5943
@davibergamin5943 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bonzman seems good to me
@Celis.C
@Celis.C 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bonzman I've been told that's "the free market doing it's job". Working as intended, right?
@arefrigerator211
@arefrigerator211 3 жыл бұрын
When you said 'Ban Cars' I was put off, but when you said 'from our cities and suburbs' you now have my complete support. Anyone should be able to own a car, and it helps in rural areas due to wide spaces between, but in cities it is more space efficient to remove roads and use trains. In suburbs due to low traffic and being the border of city and rural, one car width roads should suffice for use in pedestrian travel and the occasional bus heading city ways or of the occasional car going rural ways, much like the image of a Japanese suburb. Cities are meant to be dense and cars hinder that, and rural lands are not dense and cars help with the expansiveness.
@stargamer7576
@stargamer7576 3 жыл бұрын
People really dont value the use of a car but as someone who lives in new york and has no car i can tell you its a horrible thing imagine going shopping and having to take a train or a bus carrying a big or pricey purchase also add the fact you have to take it home from the bus or train stop which is like 4 blocks away carrying a big tv. Thankfully we got cabs but the problem with that is paying 12 to 24 bucks to go shopping which is the usual if the cab driver isnt trying to rip you off from my place to the shopping mall or supermarket. Simply cars are a huge benefit so dont wish for that cause youll regret it. Edit Also add the times you cant get a cab or they aren't available to pick you up and your basically stranded cause you have too much of a load and walking and public transportation is out of the question.
@rendomstranger8698
@rendomstranger8698 3 жыл бұрын
@@stargamer7576 So a car for large items, public transport or a bicycle for everything else. Here in the Netherlands, a lot of people carry their groceries by bicycle, me included. 2 trips a week on the way home from work to pick up my groceries. It only takes half an hour longer than normal to get home and I don't have to waste my time going out specifically for groceries. And that is with me taking a longer way home to pick up my groceries instead of learning the layout of a much closer supermarket. If you have a family, add in a weekly or bi weekly trip by car if needed. Oh, and then there is of course the option of having large items delivered to your home. You know, the thing that a lot of people already do.
@PhilfreezeCH
@PhilfreezeCH 3 жыл бұрын
@@stargamer7576 I just pick up some things coming home after work, this way it is so spread out I never have to carry a lot of things. During rona I had to switch it up a bit and bought a bike trailer and went shopping that way. With my bike I can easily transport 20kg+ even uphill.
@stargamer7576
@stargamer7576 3 жыл бұрын
@@PhilfreezeCH still buying a car but good for you also i am not a fan of 2 wheel vehicles I've had very bad experience with them i rather have 4 wheels also i can pick up more things and carry my tools in a car and not worrying about other stuff. But just understand that having only bikes is just not gonna happen in our world cause it's really not a convenience specially when you bring others in a car i cant fit multiple people in a bike that's not the case and traveling with a car you can actually leave the city and go explore the us you can literally drive to Canada yes you could take public transport but how you'll go to a place that doesn't have that simply cars are necessary and unless your alternative checks all people's issues and demands it's just not going to happened i could take a plane or a tranin but do you think I want to deal with the TSA, IDs and rude customer service i rather drive and have a nice road trip. Also not to mention the cost which as I said it ain't going to happen cause of corruption.
@stargamer7576
@stargamer7576 3 жыл бұрын
@@rendomstranger8698 simply I'm done arguing cause I got to the point I don't care I prefer cars cause of the benefits of going where I have to go, the space in it, the safety in driving in a big vehicle and yes I'm aware accidents happen but so can bikes heck your literally the structure of the bike a car at least can take some of the shock unless your speeding, also don't forget the comfort and final why should I be limited to my area i cant freely take the train to a place that has no train and no I'm not biking to that place specially in hot weather. This world is huge. But lastly i just don't like people telling me how to live my life if i prefer a car why should I change that for someone else.
@lars1588
@lars1588 3 жыл бұрын
130 years ago, my city (which then had a population of only about 25,000) had one of the best urban trolley systems in the state. It was destroyed in the 1930s to make way for... cars. Every time they do major road construction in the older parts of the city, they seem to keep finding sections of those pesky tracks buried underneath the asphalt that yearn to be used again. If those trolleys had been kept in use, I could literally take the trolley from school to work, and then straight home. If we Americans can stop using cars (mostly) in my lifetime, then I will do everything in my power to bring those trolleys (or a like alternative) back to my city.
@lars1588
@lars1588 3 жыл бұрын
@green dragon My city is now rapidly approaching 100,000 people. We also have a sister city just across the river that is home to one of the best universities in the country, so the population of the greater urban area is almost 200,000, and it feels like it. Traffic is horrible in some inconvenient places. Traffic on the university side of the river is much worse, though. A trolley system would come in mighty handy these days...
@sk31370n
@sk31370n 3 жыл бұрын
most american non tire using public transport was bought and closed by tire manufacturers.
@axelfiraxa
@axelfiraxa 3 жыл бұрын
People still just blame other people for the car use and forget about the bad city planning that made cars mandatory for a lot of people
@JohanGustavLammers
@JohanGustavLammers 10 ай бұрын
It's funny to see how so many people here are brainwashed into thinking of cars as the solution rather than the problem that they may generally like the idea but still highlight that one first gotta take care of alternatives. Ironically, alternatives immediately pop up the moment you ban cars.
@Kinard007
@Kinard007 Жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, I would love more trains in my small town than seeing any other cars
@ImpreccablePony
@ImpreccablePony Жыл бұрын
Switch to a scooter at least. (Where I live public transit is good so I have no excuse to do that and I love scooters).
@punchcat0736
@punchcat0736 Жыл бұрын
Great you’ll have to pay . You think the globalist want you there nope you’ll be moving to a box in the sky and you’ll fucking love it 😂😂😂
@Letnan8100
@Letnan8100 Жыл бұрын
Me too! Where I live they removed the train when cars started to get popular… however they did convert the entire line into a bicycle path so that’s a positive!
@americancapitalist9094
@americancapitalist9094 Жыл бұрын
I’m not a big fan of commuting by public transportation 40 miles a day. Especially with the crimes, drugs and tripped out crazy homeless peeing and vomiting all over said public transportation.
@ImpreccablePony
@ImpreccablePony Жыл бұрын
@@americancapitalist9094Looks like you have a homeless problem. No shelters, no support programs, no food and housing. Also looks like you have extreme poverty problem. And a drug problem. And a mental health epidemic. Wait. Let me guess, USA?
@pank3245
@pank3245 2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how trains literally solve almost all of our problems regarding urbanization
@k00lkidz4
@k00lkidz4 2 жыл бұрын
They don't
@spaceflightexplosionstutor4167
@spaceflightexplosionstutor4167 2 жыл бұрын
Of course yes, with almost infinite capacity and higher speed, but only if transport demand is higher than 500 peoples per hour, ideally more than 10 000/hour (like most subways) , totally breaking down with less than 100 peoples per hour… That’s how public transport works More passengers = cheaper tickets= even more passengers= more money = more faster trains = even more passengers…
@k00lkidz4
@k00lkidz4 2 жыл бұрын
@@sadqqwwqeq4175 the Netherlands is a very small and densely packed country. The us on the other hand is large and sprawled out. It would cost obscene amounts of money and take decades to build rail lines to replace cars
@Moorhuehnchen
@Moorhuehnchen 2 жыл бұрын
then you never went by german train. or public transport in general.
@pank3245
@pank3245 2 жыл бұрын
@@k00lkidz4 We have so many abandoned railroads that we haven't used since the gilded age. America built a transcontinental railroad within a 6 year frame. The problem is the railroads have been confiscated by the government. I'm sure there would be a lot of companies that'd love to gain access to those railroads and start fresh and a lot of jobs would come from it. There is 0 excuse for not having railroads.
@caelansmith
@caelansmith 3 жыл бұрын
I crashed my car three months ago and only got it back a month ago after it took forever to get parts for it. Anyway, in those two months that I didn't have it, I had an electric scooter subscription, used public transport and used ridesharing for weekly shopping hauls, etc. I also walked more, feeling healthier and saved money. Since having my car back, it's just a glorified shopping trolley and used for work sometimes, I now much prefer walking, scooting and public transit.
@S.ASmith
@S.ASmith 3 жыл бұрын
Given you crashed your car, I think being put off driving is a good thing for you....and everyone else's insurance premiums.
@sipe254
@sipe254 3 жыл бұрын
Crashing a car can happen to anyone shut the fuck up
@ballsacksniffer420
@ballsacksniffer420 3 жыл бұрын
But you cant drift a scooter
@kpp28
@kpp28 3 жыл бұрын
@@ballsacksniffer420 not with that altitude
@S.ASmith
@S.ASmith 3 жыл бұрын
@@sipe254 It can, if said person doesn't pay attention. If a crash isn't your fault that's one thing, but if it is your fault then you're a moron.
@lefishe5845
@lefishe5845 5 ай бұрын
Its a self reinforcing issue. Cars suck. Always have. From the beginning they blame the issues with cars on lack of car infrastructure. Infrastructure gets built, and induced demand happens as it always did, and now the roads are as clogged and as unsafe as ever. And then this failure is spun as not having enough car infrastructure, and so the cycle begins.
@Perskan.
@Perskan. 5 ай бұрын
@@lefishe5845 XD
@jortand
@jortand 2 жыл бұрын
As a Danish student I have like most of my friends had a driver's licence since I was 18 because that was the norm to get one, but I have never used it for anything other than driving my sister around or picking up my grandma at the hospital. Within the city I live in I bike everywhere to school to work to the shops, when I want to go visit my parents or friends there is a perfect thing called a train that conveniently picks me up and drops me off in the center of the city and I don't have to think while this is happening and can sleep or do work it's almost like magic.
@missa2855
@missa2855 Жыл бұрын
Herude på landet landet er det ret lækkert ikke at skulle GÅ 9 kilometers få at komme i Rema... For så at gå 9 kilometer hjem igen med tunge poser fyldt med mad.
@jortand
@jortand Жыл бұрын
@@missa2855 Idk jeg cyklede 8km til og fra skole igennem de første 2 år af gymnasium det var en meget frisk cykeltur at starte dagen med, men ja hvis man skal tage det store indkøb med hjem så kan det blive noget af en tur.
@TheSteinbitt
@TheSteinbitt Жыл бұрын
Denmark is totally flat and tiny, so it’s well suited for cycling and building trains. Norway is the opposite, so I guess it really depends.
@RedbadofFrisia
@RedbadofFrisia Жыл бұрын
​@@TheSteinbittmost people still live in cities, so it doesn't matter. Cars still have utility for people living in the countryside and we will never ban all cars.
@TheSteinbitt
@TheSteinbitt Жыл бұрын
@@RedbadofFrisia If a city is built on the side of a hill or feature hilly terrain, almost nobody rides bikes unless it’s electric.
@yuran1um
@yuran1um 2 жыл бұрын
Also kids won’t be imprisoned in their homes just because they can’t drive a car. Especially in -sterile hell- suburbs.
@weirdwalrus5757
@weirdwalrus5757 2 жыл бұрын
"DUDE SUBURBS ARE HELL BRO I HATE COOKIE CUTTER HOUSES BRO" go live in a commie block then
@macronniedevlogs
@macronniedevlogs 2 жыл бұрын
r we living the same life?
@claykh
@claykh 2 жыл бұрын
This is probably the sole reason why I was so socially dysfunctional as a kid and even now as an adult, and also why I've been dealing with so many health issues growing up as well. I grew up in suburbs and not having anything fun within reasonable walking distance kinda forces you to stay inside all day, so as a result I've been largely sedentary my whole life which I'm pretty certain is why I'm pretty messed up physically now too.
@weirdwalrus5757
@weirdwalrus5757 2 жыл бұрын
@@claykh not true, most children in suburbs will make friends in said suburbs and will play with them on the streets
@tompoessy
@tompoessy 2 жыл бұрын
@@weirdwalrus5757 they would probably be safer and have more fun if their street was a pedestrian only street that actually looked nice and not like a dystopian hellhole
@TheCrazeturk
@TheCrazeturk 2 жыл бұрын
I think “let’s drastically reduce the amount of cars” fits the bill better.
@pupsap7714
@pupsap7714 2 жыл бұрын
No. Cars are retarded. We need to kill them all.
@MiScusi69
@MiScusi69 2 жыл бұрын
But it is less dramatic
@chillout8185
@chillout8185 2 жыл бұрын
obviously "get rid of all cars" would not include every mobile vehilcle. we still need buses and trucks. also banning cars wound never work in rural areas. the best approach is to begin transitioning from a suburban-dominated society to urban-dominated society. rural areas will still need to exist. trucks will still need to transport goods.
@caterpillaremoji4249
@caterpillaremoji4249 2 жыл бұрын
yes, but click bait
@dopey473
@dopey473 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, cars are great for recreation but there's too many of them driven by people who don't care about that. Cars should be relegated to being owned by responsible car guys and driven on race tracks during weekends.
@atrumluminarium
@atrumluminarium 11 ай бұрын
Malta is a counter example to all of the measures you mentioned: - we added bike lanes and cars keep increasing - we made public transport free everybody stopped using it - they took out one junction the average commute timea doubled - they added more buses, buses themselves started causing traffic jams - they banned parking and it just moved the problem to somewhere else
@lefishe5845
@lefishe5845 5 ай бұрын
Bus lanes in developed countries are usually a thing, which means they do not get caught up in commutes like cars do.
@VictorECaplon
@VictorECaplon 3 жыл бұрын
I would have added “in cities” because honestly, in the countryside, there is no way to replace cars (and I tried). On the other hand, cities can do car packs outside centers and not have cars inside cities at all. Plenty of other ways to go around there anyways…at least in Europe!
@kerruo2631
@kerruo2631 3 жыл бұрын
True
@rusticcloud3325
@rusticcloud3325 3 жыл бұрын
Countrysides still need cars, but at least the usage of car is far less than that in cities so there won't be traffic jams in the countrysides. So, I think you have a good point!
@caboose.20
@caboose.20 3 жыл бұрын
That's what trains and buses are for.
@cheesegreater5739
@cheesegreater5739 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, train and bus line trying to connect every rural and suburban area would be a mess.
@dwagon6706
@dwagon6706 3 жыл бұрын
As long as it is between two cities (even minor ones) it should be possible to have a Railway go trough villages
@Limit19970
@Limit19970 3 жыл бұрын
A world where cars are a privilege for enthusiasts and only a necessity for low density and rural areas, and everywhere else can be reached via walking or public transport is a world I wanna live in. Clean air, dense, quick and easy to navigate cities. Electric cars for people that need them. ICE cars only for enthusiasts. I think it's a much more attainable goal over here in Europe than in the Americas, and we've seen Japans real-world success with public transport. I'm saying this as a car and motorcycle enthusiast.
@CWINDOWSsystem32
@CWINDOWSsystem32 3 жыл бұрын
As long as enthusiasts like us are still allowed to go out for a drive in the hills, I'd be fine with an urban ban on cars.
@sunshineskystar
@sunshineskystar 3 жыл бұрын
Thats basically saying "fuck you" to poor people who want a car. Also haven't the pandemic teach anything regarding how fully relying on public transport is bad thing. If public transport are better, people will use it more than they use cars like in Japan and china. Banning things is just psychopathic bootlicker argument. Why the hell would I want to be on the same train with junkies, fat smelly people, pick pockets and robber when I can use my car?
@Limit19970
@Limit19970 3 жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar did *I* say anything about banning them? No. I don't agree 100% wholesale with everything said in this video but I agree with the idea of better planned walkable cities, and reliable public transport. So that people feel less reliant on cars. Like I said before, ICE cars for enthusiasts, but EVs (and hydrogen in hindsight) for people that need them. As in that is ideally, who would have what. I did not mention price point of any of the vehicles so I don't understand how that is a 'fuck you' to poor people specifically. Point is, if public transport and city planning was better, less people would feel reliant on cars in the relevant areas, therefore saving space, easing congestion, and being better for the environment. More people either on public transport, or walking.
@macaron3141592653
@macaron3141592653 3 жыл бұрын
He wants to ban motorways and rural highways too. I cannot imagine that fun windy mountain roads will be granted exemption.
@falcon_arkaig
@falcon_arkaig 3 жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar as someone who is in the poorer class ig i disagree. he literally said in the video that riding a bus is less expensive overall then owning a car. with a car you have to pay insurance, gas/petrol, etc etc. busses and trains are just objectively better in my opinion. if you don't wanna ride around with other people that's a you thing. cars are just straight up bad for the environment with all that gas emissions and car crashes.
@brandonestrada2791
@brandonestrada2791 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always wanted a train station that connected to different states in America as I would think it to be more faster and enjoyable then driving to said destination
@covfefe1787
@covfefe1787 2 жыл бұрын
they already exist taut they are expensive and no one used them. cars are way better because you can stop at any moment without having to wait for stops.
@SirNarax
@SirNarax 2 жыл бұрын
@@covfefe1787 That ain't really a plus though nor is it particularly true. If you were going long distance why would you want to stop really? Only reason you may in a car because driving a car long distance sucks, it is boring and tiring. They are only expensive because we already poured massive amounts of money on car road networks which attracts more cars. This creates less demand so to make money it has to be more expensive. Cars are not in demand because they are better in any way but rather we just have the roads already. Needing to stop in Chicago on your way to Milwaukee to pick up more passengers isn't a con, you still in the green of time saved. Even if it took the same amount of time or even more time because of stops that still isn't a problem. On a train or even a bus to a lesser extent you are not driving, which means you are free to pass the time by working, playing video games or watch a film. It is similar to something like a dishwasher. Sure you may be able to wash you dishes by hand faster but the dishwasher allows you to not have to wash dishes. There will always be people living in population sparse regions traveling from one village to another that need to drive.
@covfefe1787
@covfefe1787 2 жыл бұрын
@@SirNarax the freedom of movement is the point if someone wants to stop to check out something in the middle of nowhere they can with a car. also cars prevent things getting stolen from you. in crowded trains people have gotten away with rape and even murder. who couldn't hack the metro system and destroy the entire economy for a few hours or what about terrorist attacks like bombs on a train? its happened in Japan before. it doesn’t happen now because more people use cars and cars cant get hacked. Im also against self driving cars I prefer to captain my own ship.
@SirNarax
@SirNarax 2 жыл бұрын
@@covfefe1787 As if you couldn't travel freely if you wanted if trains took over as the primary long distance and short distance transportation? Nobody is seriously suggesting making a car illegal just illegal to drive in certain areas and de-emphasize the car nation wide. Also the idea that trains and buses are bad because crime CAN happen on them is frankly and objectively, stupid. Fact: Crime happens in cars as well, a lot. Minor and viollent. And if you were worried about crime, crime in a car is easier. With a train you have to smuggle a weapon, the car can be a weapon. Cars can also be a source of crime in a way a train can't. It is well understood that more cars in one place = more road rage. Road rage can be anything from insults to outright assault, there isn't an equivalent on a train. The danger of "but sometimes". But sometimes people may assault you on the train. But sometimes people might cut you off and press the break and get away with insurance fraud. But sometimes trains might get hacked and this may sometimes have an effect. But every year 40,000 people in the US die from car crashes and only 1,000 die on a train, pretty much all of which from crossings not on the train itself. Funnier or sadder depending on your perspective and sense of humor. De-emphasizing the car actually is STILL a benefit to you even as someone who would choose to drive. It would make driving much safer for you and in many areas reduce traffic. I live in a village in the middle of nowhere, I know some people need a car and I understand that some people just want a car. Most people don't care and this would be a benefit to everyone.
@FunkykappaCat
@FunkykappaCat 2 жыл бұрын
@@covfefe1787 trains have cabins and security, also you can stop at some intermediary station if you want to go to the middle of nowhere...
@choty7066
@choty7066 Жыл бұрын
Public transport must improve first. If you just ban cars then people won't be able to commute efficiently
@TechConnectDaily
@TechConnectDaily Жыл бұрын
then if you ban cars public transport imrpoves automatically as a huge amount of budget is freed
@choty7066
@choty7066 Жыл бұрын
@@TechConnectDaily i dont think it costs that much to keep up car infrastructure in cities. Also it wouldnt happen instantly and there would be a period of months to years of neither good public transport nor car infrastructure. I just think improving public transport first is better
@TechConnectDaily
@TechConnectDaily Жыл бұрын
That is true, you need to slowly transition from cars to public transit so there isnt any public outcry, and to the "it doesnt cost mutch to maintain car infrastructure in cities," its true, but people driving around makes the air very smoggy, makes cities noisy and dangerous, and drives people away which indirectly adds to its cost. good stuff tho :)@@choty7066
@TrueSpace61
@TrueSpace61 8 ай бұрын
With the capitalist oligarchy here in the us, the infrastructure won't be built. We need a complete transformation to the next political economic system: communism.
@sandalipavithra
@sandalipavithra 7 ай бұрын
​@@TechConnectDaily It'll take a few or more years to improve public transportation dingus. Renewing a shitty public transport to a better efficient one is costly. It won't improve overnight.
@thereisaplaceineastmelbourne
@thereisaplaceineastmelbourne 3 жыл бұрын
When I went to Japan in 2018 I got terrified from the train network, then on my way back to my hotel room in Iidabashi after shopping in Shinjuko I realized how this massive sprawling city was more connected than any other city I have ever lived in.
@yukko_parra
@yukko_parra 3 жыл бұрын
a concrete jungle that grew faster than wood based jungle
@henrylo6773
@henrylo6773 3 жыл бұрын
Lol Japan shuts down every night . Even shinjuku shuts down. Trains cannot operate 24/7, even the self driving JR trains shut down for maintenance of rails and trains.
@yukko_parra
@yukko_parra 3 жыл бұрын
@@henrylo6773 but they maintain it very quicky sydney trains shuts down and... we still have annoying weekend trackworks
@henrylo6773
@henrylo6773 3 жыл бұрын
@@yukko_parra They shut down usually from 1-4 AM. which esentially kills the night clubs and bars if applied to America.
@seraphina985
@seraphina985 3 жыл бұрын
@@henrylo6773 Not necessarily, you definitely don't want to be running multi car trains when the demand is just not there to fill them. But you can easily run single car trains or you know just the rubber tire equivalent of a single car train ie a bus. If it was not for the still considerable night time demand being taken up by taxis simply because travellers are not given a choice there would be more than enough demand for night busses.
@Silvarret
@Silvarret 3 жыл бұрын
Big ups for the Casiopea soundtrack. Based
@richardaching9627
@richardaching9627 3 жыл бұрын
yo mama fard
@jonasrugebregt343
@jonasrugebregt343 3 жыл бұрын
@@swordman3564 transition
@swordman3564
@swordman3564 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonasrugebregt343 done
@TheSpecialJ11
@TheSpecialJ11 3 жыл бұрын
I was grooving to the Weathercast track 10 and then bam hit me with Midnight Rendezvous. Wonderful.
@bramwenno
@bramwenno 3 жыл бұрын
YES, good job with that!
@roelantje
@roelantje 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge car guy, and I support this. I wouldn't mind commuting by public transport or bicycle All of the car fun is outside of the cities anyways, there's no joy in commuting by car and standing still in traffic, and the cities get more liveable and cleaner
@spoonikle
@spoonikle 3 жыл бұрын
Yea! Ban cars but also make more tracks for track day! woooooo! Racing on public roads is dangerous and almost nobody actually wants to have to race around on them. Build up a nicer car culture out in the country-side for all the people who love em and repurpose some of those massive highway sections for racing.
@atomictraveller
@atomictraveller 3 жыл бұрын
hey look its another person who doesn't live in arizona
@dageta7742
@dageta7742 3 жыл бұрын
Same im not enjoying driving or the price here
@a1saucin221
@a1saucin221 3 жыл бұрын
AYO HE SPITTIN
@katjerouac
@katjerouac 3 жыл бұрын
@@spoonikle 🤣 I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea. We still need to transport good by trucks.
@BuildNewTowns
@BuildNewTowns 3 ай бұрын
We don't need to ban cars. We just need better walkable alternatives and then people won't want to drive and sit in traffic anyway.
@GabiN64
@GabiN64 2 жыл бұрын
I think this movement away from cars will take hold in the next 30-100 years and will be a distinguishing feature of the era. Places like Amsterdam, Tokyo have already shown us a peak into the future.
@LennartBiesel
@LennartBiesel 2 жыл бұрын
The big divrence is that people in Tokyo are quiet and well behaved on public transport where in the New York subway some random homeless guy throws his shit around and people blast music
@altriish6683
@altriish6683 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I think America is very young and arrogant now, because it has never really seen suffering like other older civilizations have. It is a wisdom born of necessity and experience, both of which seem to be missing in America today.
@tdawg6752
@tdawg6752 2 жыл бұрын
My city in america is suppost to get a thing from 1 city to another cant remember what its called
@jumbo_mumbo1441
@jumbo_mumbo1441 2 жыл бұрын
We don't really have 30-100 years 😔
@yavantii3615
@yavantii3615 2 жыл бұрын
@@LennartBiesel The thing is that if you actually invest and care for public transport, it will become attractive to well "normal people". But if public transport in your city is terrible and inconvenient, then the entire middle class will skip it, thus leading to the target audience becoming societys worst which fill the trains and busses (and as a result even more people will avoid them)
@yodawg
@yodawg 3 жыл бұрын
ban luxury yachts and other huge ass diesel sucking ships which we have absolute no need for...
@buddhikathambugala3472
@buddhikathambugala3472 2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you could just refrain from buying one!!
@yodawg
@yodawg 2 жыл бұрын
@@buddhikathambugala3472 say it to rich people xD
@Jellykrop
@Jellykrop 2 жыл бұрын
Except those atrocities are used by the extremely wealthy, which are the ones making the law...
@ranjitsharma5811
@ranjitsharma5811 2 жыл бұрын
ships are crazy efficient so it isn't exactly that much-needed
@Britishdarnlib
@Britishdarnlib 2 жыл бұрын
@@ranjitsharma5811 yachts and cruise ships aren't efficient
@hacim42
@hacim42 3 жыл бұрын
As a proud resident of "Rural Ass Place, Pacific Northwest, USA", this actually sounds not that bad. Seattle and Portland suck ass to travel through. It really irks me that the highways go right through them. Also, trains do have a serious coolness factor, which makes up 50% of my agreement with this video.
@titusjames4912
@titusjames4912 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds great I guess but I still can't wrap my head around it. What would I do with my car?
@yua7469
@yua7469 3 жыл бұрын
@@titusjames4912 sell it and get a cool bike I guess lol
@warweasel2832
@warweasel2832 3 жыл бұрын
@@yua7469 "SELL THEM TO WHO BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?!"
@titusjames4912
@titusjames4912 3 жыл бұрын
@@warweasel2832 This is, and always has been, one of the best comebacks on the internet.
@ohseabass6852
@ohseabass6852 3 жыл бұрын
Portlands public transport is actually really damn good
@thatstocktsx
@thatstocktsx Жыл бұрын
As a car guy, this hurt. A LOT. But, as much as I love cars, I completely agree with you
@thatstocktsx
@thatstocktsx Жыл бұрын
However, I don't know if banning them altogether is a good move
@normaluser333
@normaluser333 Жыл бұрын
​@@thatstocktsx In cities, probably. In rural areas it's a different story
@emmettlester739
@emmettlester739 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in the rural area, I really don't mind driving to a city where I park and have to use public transportation (if it was funded more and is everything you said). I really HATE driving in cities!! Hate hate hate.
@skeetus
@skeetus 2 жыл бұрын
yeah and if parking your cars in or around cities was safer. too many thieves
@emmettlester739
@emmettlester739 2 жыл бұрын
@@skeetus Exactly. Whatever leads to a safer experience, I'm with it.
@jadedixon6431
@jadedixon6431 2 жыл бұрын
Same here lol
@kamilareeder1493
@kamilareeder1493 2 жыл бұрын
Yes 😌☝️ and people using cars out in Bozeman Montana probably don't have a massive carbon footprint 🤷‍♂️😭😂 and you REALLY do need a heavy, big SUV im certain parts of the country. I grew up on an Indian Rez amd I get why people NEED trucks and SUVS. But now I live in NYC, and there is no reason for people to be having cars just because the way they do. 😒 it's 2md rent just to park them here in NYC
@samotte8279
@samotte8279 2 жыл бұрын
I live in a city during college. I try not to use my car unless necessary I hate driving and drivers are insane. When I go home I have to drive (rural area) and it’s much easier because I’ll go miles without seeing another car.
@TheCharlCoal
@TheCharlCoal 3 жыл бұрын
Cant we appriciate how micheal is so enlightened at age 8?
@jojosiwasbizzareadventure4743
@jojosiwasbizzareadventure4743 3 жыл бұрын
What?
@TheCharlCoal
@TheCharlCoal 3 жыл бұрын
@@jojosiwasbizzareadventure4743 04:44
@tikkelbikkel
@tikkelbikkel 2 жыл бұрын
As a Dutchman I highly advise the use of every form of transport besides cars. I've known lots of people, including myself, who are well over the age of being able to get a drivers license but still haven't even bothered to get one. Because apart from laziness, there's no real need. I bike everywhere, and if it's too far there's always a bus, train or metro that goes to my destination somewhat directly. There may be a spare kilometer or two left, but traversing that by foot is quite nice as well. The no-car diet is actually pretty damn good.
@muxshy
@muxshy 2 жыл бұрын
im so jealous of the netherlands i wanna live there for these reasons 😢
@s1.m511
@s1.m511 2 жыл бұрын
Your the most densely populated country on earth. Your public transport and biking is just not viable in most countries that are more spread out.
@steveharveysmustache3988
@steveharveysmustache3988 2 жыл бұрын
Man y’all lucky it takes 2 hours to bike to the nearest town where I live
@communism_is_wrong7167
@communism_is_wrong7167 2 жыл бұрын
Have fun riding a bike 4 miles in Las Vegas when it’s 118° outside
@Rayer24
@Rayer24 2 жыл бұрын
@@communism_is_wrong7167 Walk? Or just don't travel if it's that hot
@nurbsivonsirup1416
@nurbsivonsirup1416 11 ай бұрын
Missed opportunity to call a bike "muscle-car" :)
@lefishe5845
@lefishe5845 5 ай бұрын
The all new muscle car. Powered by whatever you ate this morning!
@Roxor128
@Roxor128 23 күн бұрын
@@lefishe5845 And using 1/1000th the power of the other kind. No, seriously. Your typical car engine is around 150-200kW. You might be about to put out a couple of hundred watts. Hell, just sitting there, you're putting out about 100W of heat.
@caityreads8070
@caityreads8070 3 жыл бұрын
why yes, algorithm, I WOULD like to have my opinions repeated back to me in a way that's funny by a guy with a nice voice
@BanterEdits
@BanterEdits 3 жыл бұрын
lmao this
@michaelbujaki2462
@michaelbujaki2462 3 жыл бұрын
To get people to use public transit, lets make our cities a living hell for car drivers. The way he said it was what did it for me. 8:20
@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse
@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbujaki2462 that's exactly what a carist would say,smhing so hard rn.
@michaelbujaki2462
@michaelbujaki2462 3 жыл бұрын
@@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse I happen to like driving.
@kagenlim5271
@kagenlim5271 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbujaki2462 okay sure you do bud
@arctic_may
@arctic_may 3 жыл бұрын
I agree that certain things about cars are dangerous, but for someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, it's not necessarily a viable thing to give up. I can see how major cities that might be a benefit, but in the countryside there is no viable way to get rid of cars. EDIT: I want to just add that I drive over an hour to go to work I use the turnpikes and highways for efficiency. If they did not exist, my drive to work would be over 2 hours. That isn't happening. I got a tesla and a eco boost truck. I am fine with just that.
@inv41id
@inv41id 3 жыл бұрын
You do realize that the video completely agrees with your comment?
@comet.x
@comet.x 3 жыл бұрын
@@inv41id it actually doesn't and somehow expects us to get a train network
@jonathanbetz1240
@jonathanbetz1240 3 жыл бұрын
@@comet.x 9:20
@macosta3499
@macosta3499 3 жыл бұрын
I live in a not so big town (240k ppl) and one of my frustration with my city is that both the roads and the bus system kinda sucks. But we could get a good bus system if the prefecture actually invested in it, but no one cares about this around here. My country (Brazil) has an infrastructure ENTIRELY based on road ways. There are barely any trains and public transportation is pretty bad everywhere. The mindset here is still pretty car-friendly because we have this old fashioned notion that more cars = more Progress, and that having your own car is essential and it shows your status.
@dlazo32696
@dlazo32696 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Cars are the best form of transportation.
@BeanDar
@BeanDar 3 жыл бұрын
I live in Houston Texas and I need my car to do basically anything. The sidewalks are super old, dilapidated, dangerous, and a lot of times completely nonexistent. It’s crowded and the city and companies here cut corners that most places in the USA could not get away with; which is why we constantly flood. We have no pride in the city because there are no clear boundaries between city and the “areas” around that city that would normally be towns in any other part of the country. Plus we are all so busy working with nothing to do but drink alcohol and watch our sport teams lose. We do not value or even acknowledge any of the nature there is here and we heavily pollute our bayous and drainage ditches, and even our drinking water. If we had a motto it would be “corruption, crime, all for a dime”. I just made that up now but it’s actually true. What you are talking about in this video sounds so foreign to me, that my first instinct is to disagree with you, even though you’re completely right. If you look on Google maps with no labels, Houston is a grey blemish on the face of the planet. A sprawling spiderweb of concrete. Since we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country, I hope they at least implement the concepts you have presented here, and hopefully we can start doing the right thing if we can’t fix what we’ve already done.
@DylanDkoh
@DylanDkoh 3 жыл бұрын
Go Astro!!! And what do you mean by 'we' Houston is not a city known for its drinking
@sachemofboston3649
@sachemofboston3649 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, Houston is entirely built around cars. The city is filled with car centric infrastructure with little walkable areas or public transportation. It’s truly one of the worst planned and ugliest cities I’ve ever seen.
@leonhaze-4202
@leonhaze-4202 3 жыл бұрын
I'm Italian and have been in Houston in 2015, it didn't look so much grimy, if you really want to see a city with the most ineffecient public transport and worst architectural urban sprawl I would invite you to see Rome. Roads are naturally tight and mostly occupied with parked cars, sidewalks and streets alike are riddled in craters, bike lanes are mostly non existent, people generally drive erratically and park in illegal positions, worsening the traffic aspect, in the worst hours you can literally take hours to travel a dozen of miles. There are no freeways cutting trough the city, forcing the traffic to drive trough every residential area. On top with this the public transport company is like hundred of millions dollars in debt, and the only thing keeping it from defaulting is the City giving them taxpayer money, despite them having a legal monopoly. There are only two main subway lines which don't connect many parts of the city, and the bus service is laughably disfunctional, buses almost never arrive on schedule and are mostly dirty or falling apart, many times in this years Buses have been literally burst into spontaneous combustion. On top of all this the Workers Union (which unfortunately in Italy are far more powerful than in any other country) protest and refuse to work almost once or twice a month. Rome is literally a quarter the size of London or Paris and it feels like living in the worst part of Shangai for how much ridiculously hard is to live here...
@BeanDar
@BeanDar 3 жыл бұрын
@@leonhaze-4202 how does this stuff happen? Lol It’s funny too because Rome is so ROMANticized. That’s probably the epidemiology of the word.
@leonhaze-4202
@leonhaze-4202 3 жыл бұрын
@@BeanDar It happens because our form of government is even more fucked up than yours. Basically the tax burden on the economy is 45% of the GDP and the Public Debt is at 160% of GDP instead. In this scenario add that Italy's political power is fractioned in Countless Territorial autonomies and Governmental subdivisions. We have the Regions, provinces, Prefects, Comunes and municipalities, each of them have their own bureaus and tax fees. Now consider that every public service is a state monopoly managed by the most lazy and incompetent bureaucrats and useless public employees; who are impossible to fire because sustained by Workers Unions who have incredible political power upon political parties. Add very high levels of corruption and Criminal Organizations, a complicated mess of codes, laws and regulations, and a electoral system who takes power away from the citizens to give absolute legislative power to TWO chambers of Parliament. Then if you want to change a law the two chambers have to do *twice* the same job, making the process of ratifying laws twice as slow... Let all this sink in and understand why public transport is at third world efficiently levels...
@zacharyjeffares8158
@zacharyjeffares8158 10 ай бұрын
“But cars are fun to drive”. Yeah for a lot of people building cars and driving them is fun. And has always been a thing. Same with planes, and bikes, and motorcycles, and go karts. Purpose built areas for these vehicles have existed since the beginning of their creation. “What about off roading or camping?” Same thing. A little more freedom to drive like they did 100 years ago - that still exists today.
@zacharyjeffares8158
@zacharyjeffares8158 10 ай бұрын
“But deliveries!” Hmm special logistics vehicles using preplanned routes to local businesses centres that transport those goods to your door by foot, bike, scooter, delivery bus, train, plane, helicopter, drone. Highways specific to commercial travel was the main reason the highways were built in the first place.
@lukaszspychaj9210
@lukaszspychaj9210 5 ай бұрын
freak
@HOPESTAL_DUDE_19
@HOPESTAL_DUDE_19 5 ай бұрын
Okay i seriously dont agree with you , first of all , your examples are , not the best to say the least... Planes: this example is wierd af, becouse you are saying that planes have an "purpose built areas" the only thing that could classify as are airports but planes doesnt use that to travel around, that would be comparable to gas stations for cars, planes use air as the road , so thats pretty wrong Bikes: you mean bike lanes right? Thats littreally serves the same purpose of car roads , only for diffrent vehicles. Go kart: you are seriously comparing the small ahh race track that go karts has to higways and everywhere else a car can go? Like i said , what you are doing is unfair to people who like cars, yeah some people like it for the speed but most of them like the journey itself! You know , going A to B. Seeing the diffrent things on the way You could say "oh just use a train" But thats still not fair for people who *just want to drive*
@zacharyjeffares8158
@zacharyjeffares8158 5 ай бұрын
Okay, couple things… 1- I am not against the idea of just driving as an experience. That was the main novelty of automobiles when they were first created, and cars are very popular. However, they are managed very differently than all other modes of transportation. A list of drawbacks for how cars are used: Lots of cities and towns are too car centric instead of people centric. Cars take up so much space because of issue #1 There are too many unnecessary roads in some countries (the USA is a prime example) Some countries have worse infrastructure and/or places not designed for automobile use causing more problems Lots of places in the world have inadequate communion services (rail, bus, ferry). There aren’t enough race tracks in some places. 2- Your fixation on my (admittedly) very condensed statements does not seem to have put any thought into what point I was trying to make: TL;DR (and you should have read but who cares now) - Cars are fine. You can build them, collect them, race them, and drive them. But having a multitude of issues based on the living conditions of our society; I have concluded that there are too many cars out there. The roads themselves are designed poorly in large populated areas, the way to fix these issues has been around since they were first invented and there has been a large lack of care or effort put into minimizing the large environmental impact they put on everything over the last 50 years- despite safety and efficiency improvements.
@HOPESTAL_DUDE_19
@HOPESTAL_DUDE_19 5 ай бұрын
​@@zacharyjeffares8158good point, i agree that cities shouldnt be car dependent , but when i read your comment , i assume you agree with this video , which says : *ban cars* not reduce them , not make them less of a need but wipe them out all together. Maybe you should specify that you dont want all cars to get banned becouse when you dont say that its easy to assume you agree with banning cars
@dagedar2717
@dagedar2717 3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, I watched this video after learning to drive a car for the first time. I do think driving for the sake of getting around car dependent areas and driving for leisure, especially for car fans, are very different things though.
@elda7153
@elda7153 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, Im totally willing to give up driving in the cities if it makes cities more pleasant and I can drive my classic car and my sports car everywhere else
@manaspradhan8041
@manaspradhan8041 3 жыл бұрын
Same, also don't know a single person who anyways enjoys driving every single day to work.
@dlazo32696
@dlazo32696 3 жыл бұрын
@@manaspradhan8041 Still beats taking public transit to work, that’s for sure.
@manaspradhan8041
@manaspradhan8041 3 жыл бұрын
@@dlazo32696 no way lmfao, maybe if your public transit is shit. American?
@GG64du02
@GG64du02 3 жыл бұрын
Lol I am still taking driving lessons as well good luck dude. Those guys don't understand you can't do anything productive without personal vehicle in the countryside.
@masonsmith5726
@masonsmith5726 2 жыл бұрын
As much as I love driving and working on cars, this video is spot on. I really wish the US were more connected by rail, the Amtrak leaves something to be desired. I also can't stand people thinking Teslas are the answer. The production of those things are terrible for the environment, they look god awful, and everyone who drives one drives like ass.
@LooseJuice96
@LooseJuice96 2 жыл бұрын
Tesla owners are massive dumbasses. Thinking that regenerative breaking means that they next have to replace their brakes.
@tommycarrizal1656
@tommycarrizal1656 2 жыл бұрын
Lithium mining rapes the planet and not to mention alot of the energy used to power EVs comes from fossil fuels or nuclear energy. Diesel vehicles are by the cleanest in my opinion
@nimnim3311
@nimnim3311 2 жыл бұрын
the first i can agree the rest no
@tommycarrizal1656
@tommycarrizal1656 2 жыл бұрын
@@nimnim3311 bro do your research electric vehicles are just moving the pollution somewhere else sure E.V. might not produce CO2 but the electricity that power those cars do along with lithium mines being very polluting I'd be cool with electric vehicles but there main selling point is a clean environment when it actually does the opposite
@nimnim3311
@nimnim3311 2 жыл бұрын
@@tommycarrizal1656 i agree but they do look nice and not all of them are bad drivers
@iplayzthegames6968
@iplayzthegames6968 3 жыл бұрын
My mother always complained about how much i would spend on catching the bus. I paid £120 a month to get a bus pass that covered most journeys i needed to make. So i bought a car. The insurance alone costs more per month than my bus fare
@Zed-Corps
@Zed-Corps 2 жыл бұрын
Well the positive is you can choose any destination without waiting for a bus and carry a lot of goods and supplies to home in a single go.
@thetimelapseguy8
@thetimelapseguy8 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zed-Corps I'd rather take the bus because I can relax while traveling and you don't have to worry about fuel. The buses are frequent so I don't need a schedule, and if I need something big I'll get it delivered online.
@Zed-Corps
@Zed-Corps 2 жыл бұрын
@@thetimelapseguy8 in my area bus services are getting worse, they recently remove a line that directly goes to my job and near many markets. They claim not enough riders were use it, which is nonsense since every time I rode it was always packed. Got my self a decent vehicle for that reason.
@thetimelapseguy8
@thetimelapseguy8 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zed-Corps You're right to get a car in that case, that was a shitty thing for the bus company to do.
@xenotypos
@xenotypos 2 жыл бұрын
To be honest, I still find that very expensive for public transports, not to mention the example he gave in the video, I can only deduce that public transports are indeed very expensive in the UK. Where I live in France I can take all public transports in my city with 40€ per month (it's 25€ for students and 10€ for unemployed people...), but I guess it's probably state-funded.
@tmplOS
@tmplOS 4 ай бұрын
enjoy not being able to get any services to your house I guess (plumbers, electricians, ect).
@AncientAlyx
@AncientAlyx 4 ай бұрын
well then cars should be only reserved for those people
@tmplOS
@tmplOS 4 ай бұрын
@@AncientAlyx there may not be a road to your house if we build cities without cars in mind.
@AncientAlyx
@AncientAlyx 4 ай бұрын
@@tmplOS of course there will be roads, for things like busses, they will just be smaller
@tmplOS
@tmplOS 4 ай бұрын
@@AncientAlyx there will be roads. but there's no guarantee that there will exist a road to every persons house.
@metrocop_elite
@metrocop_elite 3 ай бұрын
You know they can stop near your house, then walk right?
@samuelborchers8114
@samuelborchers8114 3 жыл бұрын
Look. I know the second one was bad. But banning a classic Pixar series just doesn't make sense.
@thecheck968
@thecheck968 2 жыл бұрын
As a college student living through a gas crisis, economic collapse, and my car being one pothole away from leaving this plane of existence, I thoroughly agree.
@weirdwalrus5757
@weirdwalrus5757 2 жыл бұрын
god I hate college kids, south park had it right on the dot hoooooly shit
@lordfabulous6198
@lordfabulous6198 2 жыл бұрын
It would solve pollution issues, the gap between the rich and the poor (due to lower expenses for the average person), traffic, high healthcare costs due to car accidents, and open up a ton of space for human habitation in cities. It would quite literally drastically improve city life in every way. Why they decide not to is beyond me but how society views it, but that can change.
@famitronic9870
@famitronic9870 2 жыл бұрын
Same, I’m a college student as well. Was recently in a car accident and other than the pain, PTSD and other associated shit, the idea of being free from a car payment and gas prices feels amazing. I can actually start saving some money instead of being in a constant stalemate financially.
@lordfabulous6198
@lordfabulous6198 2 жыл бұрын
@@PanelVulture the only point you provided is a concern that isn't really applicable anymore: the pandemic. Having lunatics on trains is frankly less concerning than in a car. Cars are weapons on their own, even more detrimental than on a public train, which can easily have security measures in place to hinder any notable harm. Consider the high death and injury tole of car accidents proportional to public transportation. It's a staggering comparison in favor of public transportation. Please elaborate as to how public transportion benefits the rich only and is an illusion to the poor. How are vehicles, which the poor already can't efficiently afford, comparatively more beneficial than public transportation (which they already are forced to use but at decreased quality due to lower funding)? It's curious to note that the rich are then benefited by using cars whereas the poor are forced to use public transportion. The thing is, that is already the case, so it is an irrelevant point.
@demilung
@demilung 2 жыл бұрын
"I can't afford this car so nobody should"?
@AdamBurianek92
@AdamBurianek92 2 жыл бұрын
If public transport was accessible enough, even people with disabilities, like me, wouldn't need any car to move around a city. But the sad truth is that, at least in my hometown Bratislava, Slovakia, this is still a big issue. So car is more comfortable for me atm.
@bacicinvatteneaca
@bacicinvatteneaca 2 жыл бұрын
We still need to carry things.
@domesticcat1725
@domesticcat1725 2 жыл бұрын
Weirdly enough I always found the public transportation there to be pretty good, especially for a city that's almost 20km across. Bus line 21 is the goat
@kamilareeder1493
@kamilareeder1493 2 жыл бұрын
Ofc 😭☝️ i think in cases like yours an allowance should be made. I feel like everyone else having to use mass transit would also make it much cheaper for people who REALLY need cars to buy them. ☝️ theres also parts of America where people genuinely need trucks and other large, robust, offroad vehicles to safely live and work.☝️🤷‍♂️ If everyone who can, HAS to give up their car, I feel like the people who need to have one won't be a problem and I think 🤔 there'd be too few people driving to cause the same problems w cars as before
@notstarboard
@notstarboard 2 жыл бұрын
@@bacicinvatteneaca You're in luck then! Buses and trains are pretty good at carrying things.
@dbclass4075
@dbclass4075 2 жыл бұрын
@@notstarboard And with level platforms, you can take pushcarts with you.
@MrRazz523
@MrRazz523 3 жыл бұрын
Banning cars in cities would actually be a great idea. In suburbs? I'm less convinced. In rural areas like where I live? Not a chance! Great video!
@cavejohnson9071
@cavejohnson9071 3 жыл бұрын
You can make suburbs that work with public transit, but the American style suburbs that use winding road to make it intentionally difficult to walk in and out of the neighborhood don't with too well. Not Just Bikes has some good content around that point, at one point he uses an example of a suburb that was built around a public transit stop at the center
@dadominos1078
@dadominos1078 3 жыл бұрын
That’s the issue with American suburbs, they are designed for cars when they don’t need to be
@1TW1-m5i
@1TW1-m5i 3 жыл бұрын
As long as it doesn't mean the elimination of garage space it's good plan. Public transport and walking is fine for short trips and regular trips, but the moment you want to do a weekend trip away, or visit some weird corner of the city busses don't run to, pubic transport is not practical.
@dominicgunderson
@dominicgunderson 3 жыл бұрын
American Suburbs need to be bathed in fire.
@weaboo837
@weaboo837 3 жыл бұрын
@@1TW1-m5i that's just a problem with bad public transport
@Its_shiki_time4876
@Its_shiki_time4876 2 жыл бұрын
Sadly with the US, we need to first remove our policies surrounding zoning. Because of these policies even if we wanted to do this it would still keep jobs so far away from our homes.
@josephang9927
@josephang9927 2 жыл бұрын
Funny how the same party that pushes for zoning also complains about suburbs.
@Its_shiki_time4876
@Its_shiki_time4876 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephang9927 because they think industrial zones means factories when in fact it means stores and restaurants, and shops. Heavy industrial zones are the factories and deserve to be zoned
@kramcherryp197
@kramcherryp197 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephang9927 because suburbs are shit
@pvtghost117
@pvtghost117 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephang9927 lol not even bruh, it's not a party problem both of them do it, it's more of a nimby issue, like here in CA dems are trying to do zoning and housing reform to alleviate the housing crisis but fucking nimbys keep blocking the bills, i mean I understand why Republicans do it right? Because it goes with their belief system but democrat nimbys do it too like fucking hypocrites, they literally want to have their cake and eat it too. So in my experience it's a class issue, because here the democrat government is trying to do actual reform but it almost always ends up being blocked by nimbys who don't want poor people living next to them.
@bellotaco
@bellotaco 2 жыл бұрын
I sold my car 3 months ago and it felt great being able to save $500-$600 a month (bi weekly payments, insurance and gas altogether). I get some exercise walking to the train station or bus stop and I only pay $110 for a monthly transit pass. I dont miss having a car at all
@Joe_Monkey_Rogan
@Joe_Monkey_Rogan 2 жыл бұрын
Have fun being stuck in your city for the rest of your life
@rocketpadgamer
@rocketpadgamer 2 жыл бұрын
Then take your free dose of diseases people in the bus might have
@mergat2970
@mergat2970 2 жыл бұрын
What car did you drive
@bellotaco
@bellotaco 2 жыл бұрын
@@mergat2970 2013 Hyundai Veloster
@mergat2970
@mergat2970 2 жыл бұрын
@@bellotaco damn public transportation must be nice
@anormalfishfan3656
@anormalfishfan3656 6 ай бұрын
lets not ban cars, just make them not be a necesity
@metal665lica
@metal665lica 3 жыл бұрын
I love cars, especially Japanese sports cars. My family owns several cars and I like driving them around (cause our public transportation is shit). But when I visited Japan and experienced how amazingly convenient their trains were, I came back from my trip thinking I would gladly give up all our cars and my chance of ever owning one if we had a bus and train system as good as theirs. In my neighborhood, we have almost as many cars per household as there are people living in them. Because it's either that or suffer public transit.
@manaspradhan8041
@manaspradhan8041 3 жыл бұрын
If cars were banned inside cities only, people who live in rural areas wouldn't be fucked and we would also get to keep enjoying driving for leisure. Would love to see the day this becomes a thing
@MrCmon113
@MrCmon113 3 жыл бұрын
@@manaspradhan8041 No more deliveries in cities, no more elderly or disabled people. Everyone with a job on the other side of town is fucked. Can't buy anything you can't carry for 4km in your hands...
@manaspradhan8041
@manaspradhan8041 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrCmon113 not exactly sure which of these is not possible with public transport(other than delivery services for the last one lol). literally no one in my family drives a car and it hasn't affected our life in the least. even if mom or dad could drive we wouldnt have carried a tv home in our car lmfao
@RCmaniac667
@RCmaniac667 3 жыл бұрын
So you hate cars then? Cars are not just means of transporting your ass to boring job
@aprilpower1158
@aprilpower1158 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I believed the same thing, until I sold my old appartment and got a new one. Wouldn't have made it without the car.
@GusArchievs
@GusArchievs 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the points raised in this video but honestly I couldn't imagine how I could function without a car. I play in the drums and practice 3 times a week and have to go to gigs with all my gear the sum of which is over 50kg. There's no way I'd be able to take public transport to freely move about the town with my gear like I already do with my Car.
@PelleCristi
@PelleCristi 2 жыл бұрын
Psst! Maybe just have a small electric car for all that. The point is reducing car use not cutting it. I also do cauffeuring because public transport is prohibitively expensive where I live. I drive my car and take 4 other people who are also going in my direction of travel. That way, I save money on gas and also have the convenience of a car when I get to my destination
@JorgefromtheO
@JorgefromtheO 2 жыл бұрын
@@PelleCristi a Small car it won't fit my necessities.
@gnaruto7769
@gnaruto7769 2 жыл бұрын
@@PelleCristi small cars dont fit a set of drums, and fuck EVs, the Congolese people will thank you. Though good job on the ride sharing, that's the real solution BritMonkey should've proposed in this video alongside public transit
@Aconspiracyofravens1
@Aconspiracyofravens1 2 жыл бұрын
mixed used neighbourhoods so you dont have to go far all the time
@zyansheep
@zyansheep 2 жыл бұрын
Also: Car rental services are super awesome, you can get an SUV really cheap whenever you need it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYDFqKSomqZ9apo
@DanielPinheiroo
@DanielPinheiroo 3 жыл бұрын
"types of trainsportation, made by a 8 year old" i legit died on that part, also BAN CARS
@suzanlara7399
@suzanlara7399 3 жыл бұрын
Daniel Pinheiro come to brazil lol
@iCore7Gaming
@iCore7Gaming 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes lets jusy ban cars and see how fast the world turns into absolute chaos
@Atlantica01
@Atlantica01 2 жыл бұрын
Michael Timmy Boy, GO TO NON-CAR BRAZIL!!
@then00brathalos
@then00brathalos 2 жыл бұрын
Ban cars people when they have a cardiac arrest and no ambulance came :
@sotch2271
@sotch2271 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t leave in a rural or semi rural place do you? It show
@Betelgeuse2142
@Betelgeuse2142 6 ай бұрын
I hope we never ban cars.(seriously)
@VoidsPawn
@VoidsPawn 2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Germany in 2022 - our public transport as it is right now can definitely NOT carry that weight right now. What did our government learn from this? "Offering every citizen a ticket for only 9 Euros has shown us that a lot more people use public transport if prices are reasonable...but our current public transportation system needs a giant overhaul...We should stop offering them tickets for 9 Euros" Thanks, German government.
@jakob7211
@jakob7211 2 жыл бұрын
9 Euro ticket war einer der besten Regierungsprojekte seit ich denken kann! Hoffentlich kommt es in einer Form zurück und hoffentlich versteht die Politik bald, dass die Zukunft nur im Öffentlichen Nahverkehr liegen kann. Immerhin ist es hier nicht ganz so schlimm wie in den USA...
@punchcat0736
@punchcat0736 Жыл бұрын
With what monies. You’re broke and this winter you’ll probably have no heat think how awesome it will be when your loved freeze to death . You’ll feel so good more carbon removed
@magicianslucky602
@magicianslucky602 Жыл бұрын
@@punchcat0736 atleast they arent on the verge of a market crash and have housing crisis and have reasonably priced stuff unlike the god blessing america
@АртёмЩукин-я2х
@АртёмЩукин-я2х Жыл бұрын
@@punchcat0736and how will cars change that fact?
@anglewoodsdashcamfootageso2779
@anglewoodsdashcamfootageso2779 2 жыл бұрын
The cost of a train ticket in the UK is eye-watering.
@shioyoutube9041
@shioyoutube9041 Жыл бұрын
It is pretty bad, but if roads charged you a cost per use enough to pay for construction and maintenance it would be similarly dire. The issue is that roads often get subsidies when trains don’t. A better solution is to subsidise roads less and trains more, and charge private car users (who could be using a train or something instead) a higher charge to help subsidise the roads for the lorries and buses that need to use it.
@kieran5191
@kieran5191 Жыл бұрын
@@shioyoutube9041 no it wouldn’t
@Jon_Nadeau_
@Jon_Nadeau_ Жыл бұрын
@@shioyoutube9041 That seems a bit weird too me. I don't live in the U.K. but even in the U.S. public transport is heavily subsidized.
@coastaku1954
@coastaku1954 Жыл бұрын
London, ON to Toronto, a 2 hour journey is around $50, less than a tank of gas, it sounds great but that becomes a problem when you want to travel with a friend. We need cheaper trains everywhere
@gokudomatic
@gokudomatic Жыл бұрын
So are the Swiss train tickets. Many Swisses never take the train because of that absurd price.
@savionhathorn6945
@savionhathorn6945 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve had to walk everywhere by necessity, and it’s honestly been a blast. It also gets significantly easier in just a couple weeks. What’s great is the muscle you gain also makes times where you would’ve walked anyway much easier. Now you can go enjoy parks and nature and literally anything that requires legs without the constraint of weak muscles. Also if you walk with a straight back it strengthens your core too so you become much more fit and it’s nice when you look better by doing something you have to do anyway.
@alf73
@alf73 2 жыл бұрын
Based
@ramrem69420
@ramrem69420 2 жыл бұрын
you have brain damage, walking doesn't gain you musles. I honestly don't feel bad you got bullied at school.
@communism_is_wrong7167
@communism_is_wrong7167 2 жыл бұрын
It’s such a blast walking around in Las Vegas when it’s 118° outside
@olive4093
@olive4093 2 жыл бұрын
walking is so great. it grounds me n makes me feel alive n human. like im going on an adventure. it feels like im using my body exactly how it was meant to be used. To move! Haha… i just hate cars. I hate how they’ve just dominated the world.
@andrewbui8295
@andrewbui8295 2 жыл бұрын
@@communism_is_wrong7167 then don't live there.
@Detah_
@Detah_ 11 ай бұрын
Good thing I live in rural areas where you actually need one. I’m willing to get ruby ridged for my race car. I agree 100% car based infrastructure is bad but banning them entirely is not the answer. That’s a slippery slope to living in a pod and eating ze bugs
@BrowncoatGofAZ
@BrowncoatGofAZ 11 ай бұрын
Actually I think it’s more of a plateau. If done just right it could be incredible. Go too far to one side and then it’s a sharp drop to hive cities out of Warhammer.
@Detah_
@Detah_ 11 ай бұрын
@@BrowncoatGofAZ an outright ban is a bridge to far. Anti car rhetoric like this makes me afraid of people coming for my favorite hobby which is sports cars.
@BrowncoatGofAZ
@BrowncoatGofAZ 11 ай бұрын
@@Detah_ so the outright ban would be the edge of the plateau. Idea: what about having parking garages on city perimeters (probably near highways) and connecting those to public transit stations for intra-city transportation? Also urban areas could have biofuel refineries so nobody would point fingers at rural areas for pollution (tangential).
@Detah_
@Detah_ 11 ай бұрын
@@BrowncoatGofAZ you can't just completely dismantle the road system of a city. Making all cities 100% walking is impossible. it would require basically tearing down the whole city and rebuilding it. Yes trains and buses exist but there's no way in hell I'd get on a bus or a train because I don't like being around people. There has to be a happy medium. All this sounds way to radical
@BrowncoatGofAZ
@BrowncoatGofAZ 10 ай бұрын
@@Detah_ I know they’re working on one-person rail pods for personal transport
@PunishedLoaf
@PunishedLoaf 3 жыл бұрын
4:43 what an exquisite slideshow, such captivating options
@Your_username_
@Your_username_ 3 жыл бұрын
Got some good powerpoint97 vibes
@redshift739
@redshift739 3 жыл бұрын
To begin with I thought "No way that's ridiculous and public transport sucks" but you actually convinced me. I can't use public transport because it's crap where I live.
@atrevolutionwiththomaspain68
@atrevolutionwiththomaspain68 2 жыл бұрын
Brazilian?
@redshift739
@redshift739 2 жыл бұрын
@@atrevolutionwiththomaspain68 Nah, I'm British
@carolederent7638
@carolederent7638 2 жыл бұрын
redshift 739 Br*tish
@Mgameing123
@Mgameing123 2 жыл бұрын
@@redshift739 where in britain?
@lost4468yt
@lost4468yt 2 жыл бұрын
It's incredibly dumb to try and ban cars everywhere. Outside of cities and towns public transport just does not, and cannot work. Distances are too large, travel is too infrequent, and there's no simple reasonable way to connect each point. Ban cars in cities and towns. For cross country travel make trains more feasible. Then for rural areas use electric cars.
@hetsmiecht1029
@hetsmiecht1029 3 жыл бұрын
8:57 What do you mean a 'belief'. Cycling IS patriotic. It's not something you can or can't believe in, it's just a fact.
@Altezza1999
@Altezza1999 10 ай бұрын
As an Estonian I have never understood them claiming public transport to be free. It's only free to someone unfortunate enough to live in Tallinn.
@TJSpike
@TJSpike 3 жыл бұрын
This probably is a good idea in heavy populated areas or cities. But not where poeples works are far away, with no public transit, and walking and biking would take forever
@polipod2074
@polipod2074 3 жыл бұрын
Then we should increase public transport, he proposed it in the video too
@nuterra9143
@nuterra9143 3 жыл бұрын
Trains, busses, and more trains.
@comet.x
@comet.x 3 жыл бұрын
@@nuterra9143 good luck getting a train network big enough and sustainable enough for the entirety of Canada. especially for the prairies
@ultra3806
@ultra3806 3 жыл бұрын
@@polipod2074 good luck getting public transport out to those in the countryside
@riograndedosulball248
@riograndedosulball248 3 жыл бұрын
@@polipod2074 not economically feasible, imagine how many new lines would have to be made, and the frequency of the buses/trains, to serve the needs of the countryside on the same level of efficiency of the cities, for exemple. Also, the factor that in rural areas, everything that you need in urgency is too far away, be it hospital, or police, or supermarket. A car is a must when you know that grandpa may be bitten by a venomous snake once again and there is no way in hell an ambulance is getting here, and back, in able time. (yes, that is personal experience)
@frickinfrick8488
@frickinfrick8488 2 жыл бұрын
For a week during a festival in my city they closed off all the roads in the city centre and made it pedestrian only. I can’t tell you how nice it felt. So much space, so much life. So much less noise, pollution, stress and danger. You don’t appreciate how much cars just ruin all the vibes in the city until they’re gone.
@drsnova7313
@drsnova7313 2 жыл бұрын
It works because anyone driving a car, any storeowner, anyone disabled, anyone delivering something, anyone moving house, etc. can maybe work around such an exceptional limitation for a week, but not permanently. People have to go places, and stuff needs to be transported from A to B. You can't supply a supermarket by every day sending 50 people with really big backpacks there on a bus or the subway. We can reduce cars where possible, but individual transportion is an absolute neccessity to keep modern society running.
@frickinfrick8488
@frickinfrick8488 2 жыл бұрын
@@drsnova7313 supply vehicles are always exceptions. I haven’t been in a pedestrian only zone ever that didn’t let through necessary vehicles, they’re not the crux of the issue that’s making cities so unbearably car intensive
@innocentnemesis3519
@innocentnemesis3519 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Even when I’m using a crosswalk or sidewalk, I’m terrified because I’ve almost been hit by cars turning right on red or rolling through stop signs (while hypocritically yelling at cyclists for doing the same). When the pandemic stopped car travel, walking around the city was almost heavenly.
@Sho-td8wg
@Sho-td8wg 3 жыл бұрын
Getting rid of cars almost requires a redesign and rezoning in the US. It's 100 where I am and walking to the store isn't viable. Even worst, my the supermarket I like is 21 min by car but 1hr 13 min by bus. Not to mention it requires a transfer in an area I wouldn't hang around at night.
@Daehpo
@Daehpo 3 жыл бұрын
Not almost, it DOES require a redesign and rezoning in the US. Mixed use zoning would allow grocery stores (as well as convince stores, cafes, and bars) to open up WITHIN neighborhoods. Redesigning streets to cater to pedestrians would improve the trip on foot (or even bike), as well as promote small business opening up along people's paths.
@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042
@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042 3 жыл бұрын
Your suburb is probably so empty with density that once the cars are gone there will be heaps of room for new corner stores to open up. The market will accomodate. It would help if commercial and residential zoning laws were all considered the same while the transition is taking place.
@benw3864
@benw3864 3 жыл бұрын
Well even climate scientists have recommended that we need to start thinking about land de-development anyways. Cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas simply don't need to exist and would benefit from future abolition, along with the swaths of suburban sprawl regions in the US. This would greatly decrease our country's infrastructure costs, and de-developed land could be designated as federally-owned national park land. At the very least, we should probably immediately halt the building of any new suburban areas (like Portland did). The cities that we would keep would of course get rezoned and undertake things like urban freeway removals to procure land that can be used to increase density, once rezoning does occur though, a lot of organic changes will take place themselves as developers come in and build higher-density buildings. This could be accomplished, or at least seek to decrease the number of people living in environmentally unfriendly environments via government buyout programs. Tons of people in the US are literally trapped living in places they don't want to because no one will buy their home.
@Sho-td8wg
@Sho-td8wg 3 жыл бұрын
@@benw3864 if the predicted demographic bust occurs then these things might happen. But a huge chunk of these transit dreams circle around convincing people to adopt a level of density and lack of ownership that is unwelcome by most.
@jackmccourt1541
@jackmccourt1541 3 жыл бұрын
Death to the suburbs
@benmarley3086
@benmarley3086 3 ай бұрын
Let’s intentionally live like it’s 1890
@thepokemongamer3601
@thepokemongamer3601 2 ай бұрын
Back when slavery was legal in Syria?
@moveslikemacca
@moveslikemacca 2 жыл бұрын
6:30 - let's also not forget that at that price, the average car still spends more than 90% of the day parked
@ireminmon
@ireminmon 2 жыл бұрын
How is that your problem?
@chelseaap
@chelseaap 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought about this.
@byunbaekhyun2283
@byunbaekhyun2283 2 жыл бұрын
@@ireminmon it's my problem because it looks UGLY, and i hate ugly looking things.
@cleenred8520
@cleenred8520 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's exactly like saying "I don't go in vacation because I pay rent"
@BcroG11
@BcroG11 2 жыл бұрын
@@ireminmon Cars take up space that could be used for better purposes. Imagine a city filled with parks and playgrounds rather than parking lots.
@ninjakiwigames5418
@ninjakiwigames5418 Жыл бұрын
Making public transport better is also really good for people who can't drive, I can remember as a child I wanted to go somewhere but couldn't since my parents didn't have time to drive me, it was too far to just walk there, cycling can be very tiring, especially uphill, and buses weren't often enough.
@miriion
@miriion 2 жыл бұрын
“Buying a bus ticket twice a day” Here in Germany we can buy a ticket that allows us to use both busses and trains for the entire year, which cost depending on how far you drive out with the train/bus, which can cost between 70-200€ monthly.
@flashgamezocker
@flashgamezocker 2 жыл бұрын
And soon it will cost 49 € per month for ALL of public transport (except high speed trains) in ALL of Germany. This is the future.
@ichwillzocken4510
@ichwillzocken4510 Жыл бұрын
​@@flashgamezocker It will cost the same as before. It will also still be paid by you. But it will be done mainly through the mechanisms of taxes instead of mainly thorugh the mechanisms of the ticket machine. If this succeeds at all.
@ninjakiwigames5418
@ninjakiwigames5418 Жыл бұрын
In Slovenia if you're either a student or elderly (they might even have it for free, but I'm too lazy to check rn) then you can get a yearly pass for busses for around 250€. One year (idk could be more) they also made it so it worked for all public transportation all around the country.
@americancapitalist9094
@americancapitalist9094 Жыл бұрын
Your entire country is smaller than my state which has less than a million people.
@miriion
@miriion Жыл бұрын
@@americancapitalist9094I made a statement about Germany, not the USA.
@critical_always
@critical_always Жыл бұрын
I don't want bans. Just charge motorists the real cost of their precious roads.
@Kamajlowy
@Kamajlowy Жыл бұрын
They are charged in gas prices...
@TeaRiker
@TeaRiker Жыл бұрын
@@Kamajlowy No, they pay for the gas to get the gas. Even if it's taxed, cars are heavily subsidised by the government all in all
@Kamajlowy
@Kamajlowy Жыл бұрын
@@TeaRiker in my country, there's something like "road tax" that is included in gas price, taxes are over 50% of the gas price here
@TeaRiker
@TeaRiker Жыл бұрын
@@Kamajlowy were do you live
@Kamajlowy
@Kamajlowy Жыл бұрын
@@TeaRiker Poland
@Its_PacFan
@Its_PacFan 3 жыл бұрын
Why Trains are better than Cars: -Trains go Choo Choo (Cars don't) -They can be really fast -Are more interesting to look at -And more safer and efficient than a car
@freund_hein
@freund_hein 3 жыл бұрын
They use iron wheels to drive on steel. That’s like the least possible friction after magnetic levitation. A car has much more friction and is so inefficient.
@flakgun153
@flakgun153 3 жыл бұрын
Why trains are really fucking stupid: The maintainance and construction costs are astronomical. Cars are an extremely effiecient and flexible means of getting people around. Anti-csr ideology is ridiculously annoying and focused in on a handful of city centers and completely ignored that even in cities with extremely good transportation, there are still more drivers than public transit users, and it's the poorer people living in the periphery who need cars more than the wealthy people who can afford to live near public transit
@dwagon6706
@dwagon6706 3 жыл бұрын
@@flakgun153 but when it comes to energy,space and time efficiency which are three things that we’ll need more and more the train is clearly superior. If we want to abandon the car then public transport needs to be everywhere either way
@BandGGaming
@BandGGaming 3 жыл бұрын
Why trains are worse - can't pick up all my belongings and go halfway across the country on something I already own, can't suddenly see something interesting and go visit it, have to follow a time table
@DrJams
@DrJams 3 жыл бұрын
Trains are awful. Everyone has to be at the same place for departure, at the same time and also be traveling to the same location for it to be useful which isn't what every commuter needs. Trains can't accommodate every commuters needs.
@leniwolf
@leniwolf 2 жыл бұрын
I love cars, I love driving, but I'd give it up in a heartbeat if my city had good public transit and an alternative to getting in my car. I hate the fact that in order to get a bag of potatoes from 800 meters away from my home, I'm basically condemned to sit in my car and travel to it. I wish we had bike infrastructure and I could just bike to the store. I hate suburban sprawl. Send help.
@Ciana214
@Ciana214 2 жыл бұрын
Very true. I am a huge car enthusiast, I own 2 cars, but I would still love to live in a place where I don't have to drive to get around.
@deserteagle4745
@deserteagle4745 2 жыл бұрын
Go to Europe then and live in some cramped up apartment
@leniwolf
@leniwolf 2 жыл бұрын
@@deserteagle4745 This is one of the worst takes i've ever seen about cars in my life.
@camelopardalis84
@camelopardalis84 2 жыл бұрын
@@deserteagle4745 Haha. Hahahahahahahaha. You have no idea what kind of amazing flats we have both in countries with high and low home ownership.
@jannanasi4444
@jannanasi4444 2 жыл бұрын
Gladly, my apartment is already tiny. It’s expensive to survive
@ricodo1244
@ricodo1244 2 жыл бұрын
Also banning cars would enable more people from poorer circumstances to get a better job because they are able to travel further without being able to afford a car
@aziza9861
@aziza9861 2 жыл бұрын
totally the opposite I say! poorer people will live further away from a city due to insane renting/buying cost. This mean that the poor people have to travel/ spend more time travelling opposite of what a rich person living close to the work area do. The disparity will increase.
@DonVitoCS2workshop
@DonVitoCS2workshop 2 жыл бұрын
i don't think "banning cars" will improve the travel distance for people without cars, only "improving/growing public transport" will do that.
@davidgreen5994
@davidgreen5994 2 жыл бұрын
​@@aziza9861 Well, with a more efficient and used public transport system, traveling won't be such a big issue, honestly. Heavy use of public transport would make it even cheaper, and there can be subscription services on public transport, which lowers the monthly cost of transport more. In any case, is cheaper than owning and driving a car. For poor people especially, owning a car is a massive burden, that will only keep them poorer. The cost of gas, the taxes, the reparations when necessary... most people would be much well off if they didn't give in to the stupid idea that you need to own a car to have a better life.
@deserteagle4745
@deserteagle4745 2 жыл бұрын
what
@Illuminat-ve5ue
@Illuminat-ve5ue 2 жыл бұрын
@@DonVitoCS2workshop it will because infrastructure won’t be so car centric anymore and focus public transport
@Adam_0_310
@Adam_0_310 Жыл бұрын
ill make one objection in that almost no one is happy to be in TImes Square, aside from a few tourists who quickly learn to hate it. thats got nothing to do with cars though
@infanteater91
@infanteater91 Жыл бұрын
why
@fluttzkrieg4392
@fluttzkrieg4392 Жыл бұрын
Here in my 3rd world country public transport is a miserable thing to go through. Crowded, loud, sticky, expensive, irregular timetables, understandably unpleasant employees. I'd rather be stuck in traffic with some nice music in the comfort of my car than inside a sardine can. This will never change because politicians will exclusively line their own pockets instead of investing even 5% of that into anything usable by the common people.
@mineswah4363
@mineswah4363 Жыл бұрын
Most of these problems are CAUSED by other cars on the road. Q: Why do you think there's so little funding is going into your public transport? A: Probably because your local govt' and transport agency is prioritising building car-focused infrastructure Q: Why are your buses always late A: Probably because of the above answer but also because they're stuck in traffic due to so many cars on the road. Also, keep in mind how selfish and entitled it is to think that just because you are rich, you are allowed to make everyone else's life around you worse.
@flzrian3623
@flzrian3623 Жыл бұрын
> crowded not enough demand -> not enough offers > loud wear headphones > sticky ???? > expensive not enough demand -> expensive prices > irregular timetables I assume you mean delayed buses? guess who creates traffic jams. otherwise, not enough demand -> low quality transit > understandably unpleasant employees guess why they're pissed off
@callmemackeroni
@callmemackeroni Жыл бұрын
Come on, the USA isn't a third-world country!
@Gemini_mind
@Gemini_mind Жыл бұрын
​@@mineswah4363let me repeat and emphasize that the politicians are corrupt and politicians and rich people who pay them travel by cars so they will prioritize that. It's even worse for a woman because perverts are everywhere and in a packed public transport perverts take advantage of that and women cant even complain as these perverts pretend they dont do it on purpose.
@Kaiser-ks3yq
@Kaiser-ks3yq Жыл бұрын
@@flzrian3623 So what's your solution? you've said why you think the problems exist, the main one being "not enough demand". also I like ">loud - wear headphones" like ah yes, if I just ignore the issue it goes away, magic, also these are called 3rd world counties for a reason...
@AudieHolland
@AudieHolland 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a little kid, I remember the gorgeous era of CARS. We would go downtown, then cruise the same block over and over untill we found some other fellow motorist leave his/her valuable park space. All squares of course were turned into giant car parks so the government was doing everything to help us poor car people get around town. Now most cities have banned cars from their historic centres altogether. Only buses, trams and... bicycles are allowed and of course... pedestrians. The 1980s was a good time for motorists. Record numbers of killed pedestrians and a lot of 'blue on blue' action as the highways weren't that much safer either. Amsterdam could have gotten rid of its old canals, all those old houses and shops would have been bulldozed and in their place we would have 6-12 lane highways in the city centre and those beautiful things you also got to build in 'Sim City.' *The Arcology*
@madhaviv923
@madhaviv923 3 жыл бұрын
i also agree with you cuz i have an charger
@SirNyanPanda
@SirNyanPanda 3 жыл бұрын
@Jessiebeanie Electric v8s are already a thing, many electric cars are fucking fast yo
@kagenlim5271
@kagenlim5271 3 жыл бұрын
Cars > bicycles every time
@melwinkhprergado4854
@melwinkhprergado4854 3 жыл бұрын
this gave me a strange feeling of seeing from the point of view of someone in the future reading a novel reminiscing about the old days while feeling nostalgic towards things they haven’t experienced
@someweeb3650
@someweeb3650 3 жыл бұрын
*Laughs in Motorcycle*
@ertugciftci
@ertugciftci 3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah this is the first time I am confronted with the “national belief that cycling is patriotic” it is so true, I’m proud of the Netherlands when I cycle
@YoRHaUnit2Babe
@YoRHaUnit2Babe 3 жыл бұрын
Sws bro. En scooters zijn best kut vergeleken met de gigachad fiets
@majorskies7091
@majorskies7091 3 жыл бұрын
bro if i could be reborn anywhere it would be The Netherlands I am so jealous always appreciate your country.
@YoRHaUnit2Babe
@YoRHaUnit2Babe 3 жыл бұрын
@@majorskies7091 It sucks here to dream on.
@YoRHaUnit2Babe
@YoRHaUnit2Babe 3 жыл бұрын
@@majorskies7091 oh wait gotta say it the right way: "ya like Tax?"
@majorskies7091
@majorskies7091 3 жыл бұрын
@@YoRHaUnit2Babe better than being Pakistani - tho yeah at least you don't need to pay tax here lmao well most of the time.
@AKelly_102
@AKelly_102 Жыл бұрын
as someone who lives in the middle of nowhere my quality of life has gotten so much better since i got a car i can see friends it also gives me great autonomy and im a much happier person then i was before car bans are feesible in places like Amsterdam and maybe even London but when you are out of that its a lot less feesible
@AKelly_102
@AKelly_102 Жыл бұрын
also i would really like to hear where all the money needed to improve transport to rationalise banning cars?
@mikewade777
@mikewade777 Жыл бұрын
The infrastructures is paid through general taxes, I don't live in a city I live in rural Wales and don't need a car for 99% of travels.@@AKelly_102
@kev2034
@kev2034 Жыл бұрын
I'm in a small UK city out in the suburbs and it's quite easy to go car free here. Buses are every 10 minutes at the worst day time frequency or every 6 minutes on busy bus routes. Buses to the hospitals are free too. Then you get our tram system that can take you from one side of the city in an hour or 20-30 minutes from any end station to the centre, which is about the same as a car but you don't have to pay $3 an hour for parking. The cycling lanes are getting better too but need some work.
@AKelly_102
@AKelly_102 Жыл бұрын
@@kev2034 im in the sticks and buses run every 2 hours if you are lucky lmao
@sarahrose9944
@sarahrose9944 Жыл бұрын
Replace “since I got a car” in your comment with “since I got a tram stop next to my house and a nice bicycle” and I agree completely!
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