Let's Ban Cars! (Seriously)

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[@BritMonkey]

"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]

Yay i'm first here for once

[@TheBonecrusherz]

"youre just a socialist idiot" seems to fit way more

[@LM-MMM]

so glad I just found this channel

[@jumpvelocity3953]

HAHA YOU DELETED YOUR OLD COMMENT

[@jumpvelocity3953]

straw-man argument

[@tubaboytom]

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]

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]

The American way of freedom is overrated. We humans are animals and need a proper set of rules to act responsibly.

[@A-homo-sapien]

@@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]

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]

Or like Japan virtually not zone at all.

[@DookJob]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@m.f.3347 if people had to pay for roads everyone would live in a village lol.

[@thehuman2734]

Even banning in cities can be a problem. Restrictions seems like a better idea

[@benadrylion4678]

1980: there will be flying cars in the future! Future: no cars

[@mcwooley]

We spend tremendous resources on highways and wonder why we have no flying cars

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

One thing is for surten cars will not be band for 3 to 4 years in the usa (as of 2021)

[@CWINDOWSsystem32]

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]

That's good, actually

[@dungc6479]

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!

[@PCTechTip]

you choose trains because you're an environmentalist, I choose trains because AUTISM. we are not the same

[@aquaponieee]

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]

Wish he would specify. At least in the point of the video I'm in he has not mentioned rural areas.

[@cumminglikeahorse]

the thing is, train.

[@theredscourge]

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]

Yeah cause the cities are built FOR cars. Fix your city fix your dependency.

[@xdn22]

@@theredscourge you are assuming that there wont be any improvement in infrastructure lmao.

[@spicytuna62]

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]

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]

It's because countries in Europe are pathetically small.

[@pnku]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Because the US is a big country you can't have working cities... I see.

[@garthy4u]

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]

@@Miguel-yx9zg Capitalism thinks differently.

[@yossiraucher9281]

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

[@turtleb01]

"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]

where you live mate?

[@emptyduckling]

Where do you live?

[@turtleb01]

@@amac2612 Tha's an OSINT challenge for you two (I left this comment two days ago, seems like it got removed)

[@mba849]

@@turtleb01 Madrid?

[@turtleb01]

@@mba849 No

[@m.f.3347]

"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_]

Dubai would collapse in under 30 seconds with this law being applied lmao

[@m.f.3347]

@@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]

@@m.f.3347 > why they can't Rich people like driving their sports cars down massive 10 lane highways

[@jebthegodemperor7301]

@@Maxzes_ Good.

[@andrzej2501]

THAT I agree with - if it becomes an option NOT a necessity. Car AND public transport. Better choices - not just more prohibitions.

[@brandonestrada2791]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@covfefe1787 trains have cabins and security, also you can stop at some intermediary station if you want to go to the middle of nowhere...

[@PunishedLoaf]

4:43 what an exquisite slideshow, such captivating options

[@Your_username_]

Got some good powerpoint97 vibes

[@Silvarret]

Big ups for the Casiopea soundtrack. Based

[@richardaching9627]

yo mama fard

[@jonasrugebregt343]

@@swordman3564 transition

[@swordman3564]

@@jonasrugebregt343 done

[@TheSpecialJ11]

I was grooving to the Weathercast track 10 and then bam hit me with Midnight Rendezvous. Wonderful.

[@bramwenno]

YES, good job with that!

[@thereisaplaceineastmelbourne]

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]

a concrete jungle that grew faster than wood based jungle

[@henrylo6773]

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]

@@henrylo6773 but they maintain it very quicky sydney trains shuts down and... we still have annoying weekend trackworks

[@henrylo6773]

@@yukko_parra They shut down usually from 1-4 AM. which esentially kills the night clubs and bars if applied to America.

[@seraphina985]

@@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.

[@Snagabott]

Complains about European economic stagnancy... "Let's ban cars! That will fix it! It will grow the economy because streets in Barcelona!" *sigh*

[@masonsmith5726]

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.

[@nosloppyplease]

Tesla owners are massive dumbasses. Thinking that regenerative breaking means that they next have to replace their brakes.

[@tommycarrizal1656]

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]

the first i can agree the rest no

[@tommycarrizal1656]

@@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]

@@tommycarrizal1656 i agree but they do look nice and not all of them are bad drivers

[@sopadcaldo5823]

nah, i want to hear that SUPERCHARGED V8 DOING REDLINE AAAAAAAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

[@jamsya493]

GRAHAAHHHHH GOD BLESS AMERIKAI LOVE CAR INFESTED HELLHOLES OORAH🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🔫🔫🔥💥💥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TJSpike]

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]

Then we should increase public transport, he proposed it in the video too

[@nuterra9143]

Trains, busses, and more trains.

[@comet.x]

@@nuterra9143 good luck getting a train network big enough and sustainable enough for the entirety of Canada. especially for the prairies

[@ultra3806]

@@polipod2074 good luck getting public transport out to those in the countryside

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@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)

[@anglewoodsdashcamfootageso2779]

The cost of a train ticket in the UK is eye-watering.

[@shioyoutube9041]

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]

@@shioyoutube9041 no it wouldn’t

[@Jon_Nadeau_]

@@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]

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]

So are the Swiss train tickets. Many Swisses never take the train because of that absurd price.

[@zacharyjeffares8158]

“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]

“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]

freak

[@hope_security]

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]

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.

[@hope_security]

​@@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

[@jaffa3717]

I've unironically wanted this for a while now

[@depertuz]

this was not only seriously entertaining but it now makes me wanna go down a rabbithole of finding more examples so I can use it in a class with my students. thanx!

[@Sho-td8wg]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

Death to the suburbs

[@jumpingmoose5554]

I like cars, so no I'm never gonna be okay with banning them. I'm all for making life without a car easier without banning cars.

[@obscurit_y4536]

God people on youtube don’t understand hyperboles. You’re almost as bad as an instagram commenter.

[@luxither7354]

Main issue with removing cars is the need for vehicles with certain jobs. Most trades and other hands on jobs require a large amount of equipment.

[@mariusdufour9186]

Still not an issue. For starters, quite a few tradespeople in cities could do just fine with an electric cargo bike. Secondly, you can make temporary exceptions for trades-people allowing their vans into car-free areas, when they have a job that requires that much equipment. (no crossing of car-free areas to go to jobs on the other side of said area) The vast majority of traffic is not made up of trades people who need lots of equipment for their job. Package deliveries: electric cargo bikes. Delivery of large quantities of goods: use electric trains if at all possible, if not use cargo trams (basically a tram that runs in-between passenger services at less busy times to deliver goods to businesses along the line), electric vans, lorries are the last resort. Lorries are only allowed for single loads, so you can come into the city at off-peak hours, with a full lorry to deliver the entire load to a single delivery address, if your lorry isn't full you could have used a smaller less polluting vehicle, if your current model is to deliver to different clients one after the other from the same load, you now have to split the load at a distribution centre and send it into the city on multiple cargo bikes, or even electric vans. Also look at reopening or opening urban rail-freight terminals where packages can be transferred from boxcars (a boxcar fits a lot more packages than a standard lorry) to cargo bikes with no extra steps. All vehicles larger than a cargo bike that are thus temporarily allowed into the city do not get their own lanes and must yield for pedestrians and cyclists in all circumstances, unless they are on rails.

[@igorvuk4454]

@@mariusdufour9186 that would not work

[@E-damnn]

@@igorvuk4454 it has worked and continues to work in dozens of cities right now Also, many cities ban motorists, but allow certain companies, such as delivery trucks or maintenance vehicles, to apply for permits which allow their trucks to slowly navigate the pedestrian streets.

[@Game_Hero]

he said "cars", not trucks.

[@mariusdufour9186]

@@Game_Hero trucks are the logical next step after cars.

[@thatguy8012]

Banning cars completely would destroy a whole industry and whole community of enthusiasts who have spent their whole life driving and working on cars. Banning cars out right would be right up ridiculous means exploring australia would be impossible. A car ban is a terrible idea

[@goncalonunes3203]

I get what your saying and i agree, but the creator of the video isnt saying that we should make using cars a crime from one day to another, his idea is making Public transport so good and cheap that using a car would be stupid, the video's title does sugest that he wants to make it illegal to drive a car but thats not his idea, the only places where cars would be "banned" would be in certain streets in citys centers, another advantage to using publix transport intead of cars is that the goverment gets the money that you spend on public transport (its also cheaper than owning a car) while if you spend money on car you give money to some random car company, the goverment could then use the money that they win with public transport to make public transport even better, which means that less tax payers money would be used, improving public transport would also create many jobs.

[@InspectorAyamKampung]

Car enthusiast don't care about the environment. How about we ban cars so we can lower these species.

[@Littleweenaman]

I love the delicious guitar licks during the statistic part too

[@garretholland7593]

Okay so, my thought on this video and the topic. I ^do^ agree that we as a ~society~ need to reduce reliance on cars, and moving to public transit would be far better. I agree with the *message* of the video, but the way the video is presented, is… not the best. (Please don’t take this as a personal attack) This video seems to me as less of a *“I believe cars should be banned and here’s why”* and then proceed to treat the viewer with respect and try to persuade them to your side, but more of a *“Cars should be banned and if you disagree then fuck you!”* This videos main audience seems to be people who already share your view on the topic, and want their opinions reinforced by someone else. (Which if so fair enough, there is already a lot of people with this view on cars). There are other things I could talk about such as people simply liking driving or being able to drive whenever you want to among many others, but is ultimately irrelevant to this comment. I just wanted to share my view and give some (hopefully) helpful criticism. I would say in the future try to treat viewers that don’t already agree with your opinions with lots of respect and try to persuade them in a kinder way. Please don’t take this as an attack on your character, or just a hate comment, but I really wanted to share my view on this video and the topic in general. Thank you for reading, goodbye.

[@brevenstark7080]

I agree with you I think that we need more media that shares this opinion in a way that is more empathetic to car users, especially since here in American cities it is very hard to just switch from cars to anything else

[@Solotocius]

exactly!

[@justing1810]

Banning cars is stupid. We just have to make cities more bike and pedestrian friendly. Try riding a bike in an American city without getting ran over. I think superblocks are a good idea.

[@MadjdMouha]

Agreed

[@leefacetv845]

as i've learned over using public transport recently; it's actually free, provided that you don't pay for it.

[@Spin793]

@@kullingen6909 Wtf is that grammar lmfao you were wrong in like four different ways Just say they, it's easier

[@pucknhusker9426]

or just say she as men dont give a f about ya fkn pc shti@@Spin793

[@pucknhusker9426]

@@kullingen6909 bot

[@kullingen6909]

​@@pucknhusker9426Are you insulting me? 🤖🤖🤖

[@gdzephyriac2766]

so you’re fare evading?

[@floppa933]

There are countless reasons why this would go downhill so fast

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

Like?

[@ChristopherRudolph07]

​@@Bleepbleepblorbuseconomic collapse, the average person having to walk for 2 hours to work rather than drive for 10 minutes

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

@@ChristopherRudolph07 Good point

[@Barrowium]

For the most part I agree. The worry I have with banning cars from cities is an increase in the natural areas outside the cities becoming car hubs for public transport, effectively taking all of the pollution and congestion and putting it where the people who cant afford to live in the city live.

[@alexg9696]

Ban cars...people have shown that they are not responsible to handle cars...BIKES...should be the replacement.

[@Steve1766]

try going 200km with bike + lugage

[@taufiqatiq6563]

​@@Steve1766I'll take the train

[@mikewade777]

the average journey is 10km @@Steve1766

[@thedigger6320]

You had me at, "you can't get drunk or high" 🥳party bus

[@thexdatabase]

9:16 people will criple themselves just to use cars

[@nannibananni]

"wow such a nice bridge i sure hope it wasn't made to keep the blacks poor"

[@MochiFam]

I cry everyday as a Californian, spending 1/3 of my life behind traffic 😭

[@1_AlphabetCrew]

1/3 sleep 1/3 traffic 1/3 work Now fit in room for fun (:

[@PanzerkampfwagenVITigerIAusfE]

@@1_AlphabetCrew1/0 fun

[@HyperGnome]

That's all well and good for the cities. But for the countryside will never have enough demand for public transportation and when you live real fucking far you need a car.

[@TravellingWeasels]

Never say never.

[@mikewade777]

Live closer to work or work closer to home.

[@gordonfreeman5689]

@@mikewade777 What did you just say is the same as if you said "If you're homeless... just buy a house"

[@whaatt6791]

I believe that highways are really good - Outside cities.

[@jonathantan2469]

This would be interesting, because a lot of hikers, campers, birdwatchers, surfers, and those who like nature-based activities during the weekends and off times, will not be able to travel out from the closest village or small town that they can get to with a train/coach to get to their final destination. These places could be many miles from the closest bus stop or train station, which itself may have very infrequent service.

[@Melanie-de5iq]

Banning cars in cities, ok! Banning cars in towns, NOOOO.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

But not in the town square

[@Sohave]

Banning cars in any place where free people live. NOOO!

[@bigpapi6688]

How am I supposed to hook up in my backseat like we’re in a cheesy 90s movie if I’m taking a public bus???

[@PanzerkampfwagenVITigerIAusfE]

@@Sohavemore like YEES!!!

[@ggexgaming6020]

​@PanzerkampfwagenVITigerIAusfE I prefer to have the freedom of choice and not artificially manipulate and dostory markets

[@mossballus]

I've never thought about it, but yeah, getting rid of cars is a fantastic idea. I live in a relatively rural area, though, so this is impossible until things become more compact and public transportation becomes a thing

[@ishkanark6725]

Same

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

And more amtrak service

[@gencreeper6476]

But the point of living in a rural area is not having things be compact

[@mossballus]

@@gencreeper6476 well I do not want to live in a rural area. I'm a minor and did not choose to be born in a rural area, so I've been here a while and can't leave. And also, you can have a rural compact little town that's walkable, and then you use your vehicles to go other places. We can't even have that

[@awesomeaustin453]

Even though I support everything this man says in this video I will say that the image introduced at 1:38 is deceptive due to the point of view. If the image was from a bird's eye view, then it would be more honest. I don't know if BritMonkey meant to deceive his viewers but that is just what I noticed.

[@nathanharris6447]

Fine I’ll get a motorcycle

[@justusP9101]

Actually better, pollutes less and has all the benefits of a Bicycle

[@MAL1GNANT]

Anything is better than a car.

[@nontakenhandle]

@@justusP9101 idk man, i'd rather have a crash inside a car instead of a motorbike.

[@adamdoesnothing6069]

@@MAL1GNANTbrokie

[@MAL1GNANT]

@@adamdoesnothing6069 nah but stay dumb.

[@Krakabraka]

I understand that you chose the title to be clickable, but let's not BAN them. They can be restricted in certain areas. Also, that first objection response was so dumb. Nobody complained because there were other places to drive/park their cars. If there weren't, I'm sure they in fact WOULD complain. Someone could make the argument to ban walking because "it's inefficient and they obstruct the roads and we can just expand the road network"

[@EnragedM0nkey]

Here’s the thing: I’m an independent filmmaker that works on weddings, commercials for local businesses, etc. I need a car to bring all of my expensive gear with me. Relying on public transport means that I’ll have to carry all my cumbersome equipment everywhere, and it’s far more likely at least some of my stuff will get stolen. Treating drivers like second class citizens prevents me from doing my job as effectively as I could, and even puts me at risk.

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

A “you do only what I say” public transport solution is no different than making everything about cars.

[@Gliccit]

Exactly. These people need some compassion- a better way to encourage cars is through tax breaks on EVs rather than increase cost of standard ones, these vehicles often used by SMEs and less economically powerful people who live on city outskirts or rural areas.

[@GTAVictor9128]

That's the point: with incentives to cycle or to use public transport, there will be much less traffic on the roads, thus freeing up space for those who actually need to use motor vehicles as part of their job. When there are no alternatives and everyone has to use a car, the roads become congested and everything is slowed down, creating a horrible driving experience. Incentivising alternatives thus benefits even the motorists.

[@Gliccit]

@@GTAVictor9128 except the blanket policies idolised in this video impacts even the workers- only public transport and taxis are really exempt from those. That even being said- what right have you to say someone who needs their car to do their job has more of a right than someone who needs a car to get to their job (like someone who lives in the outer city suburbs or rurally)? It's a clear double standard

[@JSHADOWM]

okay good, you will no longer spend 3 hours in traffic, just 45 minutes in empty, low speed roads. still a win.

[@unkowncscs]

Getting rid of highways, motorways and autobahns isn't that great of an idea. Just think about all the goods that get transportet with semis. Doing all that by train or plain is logistically challenging. Instead, just make toll stations for the use of those streets.

[@ronylouis0]

goods are the easiest thing to transition to trains Local delivery anyways only accounts for 3% of traffic

[@comet.x]

doing it all by train is cheaper, less challenging, more environmentally friendly, more compact, and already mostly done.

[@idaaho]

@@comet.x To larger places maybe but alot people live in smaller and rural areas.

[@radicalsaturday9857]

I live in Winchester with one of the oldest walking malls in America it used to be a former road so it is not impossible in America

[@rafaelmontoya1454]

I agree with everything except the last bit. Ban cars in cities? I'm all for it. Get rid of highways and autobahns? Hell no. Im okay with a reduction in size. Nobody needs 10 lane wide highways, especially if theres high speed trains. But as a car enthusiast, being able to control a machine traveling at inhuman speeds without needing to stop gives me life. So instead of deleting highways, why not convert 3/4 of the lanes into railways and leave 2 lanes (driving and passing )in each direction for cars and bikes👍🏽.

[@vinsDD]

I'm a fking bike enthusiast and want all car to burn, but i have to admit ur proposal seem reasonable ! (and we need space for long distance buses) Just for ur information in a high tech velomobile they can go at 130km/h without motor, and each time i'm over 50 by my own force give me life too =p

[@FSniffer]

I always thought every car enthusiast would like to live in a car-free place, so they're the only few people on the big roads to go at full speed

[@rafaelmontoya1454]

@@FSniffer exactly

[@zathary564]

As a citizen of a developing country, i agree with you. The highway system is literally the best roads in the entire country. The only alternative is to drive through winding countryside roads built 100 years ago that has potholes, traffic stops, corrupt cops asking for money, villages, and scary as hell jungles. The highway cut down travel time massively, and has helped freight transport as well. Oh yeah, trucks are super popular here too because theyre much more practical. You load em at your warehouse, send them straight to your customer's warehouse, no government middlemen train needed. Also you can overload a truck (this is arguably a bad thing).

[@comicbookguy2326]

as a fellow car enthusiast i can say that it's not the government's job to give us places to race

[@DiThi]

Yes... Yes... YES! Americans need some more context though: Most of them don't realize there's a middle ground between high rise and suburbia that is much better in about everything: A lot of stuff at a walking distance but not very crowded. Like in most European cities. Meanwhile, in most of the USA it's outright illegal to build shops in residential areas. It's madness.

[@TinNguyen-rl2xr]

Also if you're in a small city of a rural area you'd just be dead and don't forget how many major companies would be effected

[@DiThi]

@@TinNguyen-rl2xr I live in Europe and lived for a long tine in a small city of a rural area, and there was always so little parking near the center that it was easier to park on the outskirts and go walking to where I needed to go. A walkable city reinvigorates local business because people walk by them and it's super easy just to stop by any of them.

[@RisingFlag100]

Such a terrible opinion on all sides, this guy thinks like a 14 year old who just discovered marxism.

[@timectrl]

Interesting, give me timestamps on the incorrect parts.

[@dologongpoloponobonotongpo235]

​@@timectrlinsert soyjak face

[@Steve1766]

true

[@Steve1766]

@@timectrl 0:00 - 10:38

[@timectrl]

@@Steve1766 actually, I can only find 3 timestamps that have incorrect part. Try Again!

[@NotJustBikes]

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]

Nice to see you here! Love your videos about the Netherlands. I've recently started a study regarding mobility :D

[@petertraudes106]

@@letheas6175 Nederland laat zien dat er alternatieven voor auto's bestaan zonder de auto's totaal uit te bannen.

[@madhaviv923]

shut up i love v12 cars and i dont care

[@dariann1661]

Nice to see you here!

[@yosephbuitrago897]

madhavi v lmao then you’re a loser

[@joanollasPN]

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]

funne moments

[@derdurstbursch]

memtally derange ye

[@ihazplawe2503]

@@Oppen1945 car bad foot good unironically

[@plusxz821]

@@Oppen1945 ur sooooo unironically ironically ironical unironically 🙄

[@Maddiedoggie]

Wait, you think that car good, foot bad? Welcome to Amerika!

[@jiffyalt4259]

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]

yea lets forget about police and fire department services

[@user-vi1lv2xi9i]

@@Perambulous for them too, of course

[@HorpheuNurbem]

Empty ambulance routes are a thing in Europe :)

[@beth4339]

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]

@@HorpheuNurbem uhh, where in europe? my country sure doesn't have them

[@shimmer4279]

I dont mind biking long distances, I dont trust 1 thin line between me and a car going 40mph to keep me safe

[@crazystupidbean]

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.

[@MochiFam]

@@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]

And we don't trust bikers to not be stupid entitled assholes 😂

[@saya_miguel_akunlama3008]

Good luck biking in a storm

[@oleksandrfedoriv]

try 100 mph

[@Chocolate-wb1bu]

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]

Not like it's possible to kill such a large industry without a huge backlash.

[@arni21]

As a car enthusiast this comment relieved my madness

[@axelfiraxa]

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]

@@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_]

@@robbieaulia6462 Sure, there will be some backlash. Tell these people to shove their complaints up their asses until the projects are completed.

[@rogan6947]

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]

So what were they called before cars were invented?

[@rogan6947]

​@@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]

@@rogan6947 oh that's rad

[@JiminyClarkson]

​@@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]

@@JiminyClarkson 😭holy shit that's even cooler

[@rustkitty]

"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]

now i just imagine you in a shiny new bus driving through a crumbling city like: "this is fine"

[@rustkitty]

@@Helperbot-2000 lol, but the bus isn't shiny or new either, just cheap.

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@rustkitty oof

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

I think most cities have a monthly or weekly pass option

[@UnholyAngel755]

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

[@shuem_]

The only reason i will agree on car ban is to ride horses like cowboys

[@rykmak2432]

Aaand... We have a problem on Horses waste in Urban areas. But not a problem in Rural areas.

[@shuem_]

@@rykmak2432 aye man if you invest in sth might as well be prepared for inconvenience that comes along with it

[@elgrasov1766]

69 likes 🤑🤑

[@YellowEvoV110]

They have too high maintanence, someone has to clean the shit of the road and they are harder to controll

[@oammaslastnamethei3063]

@@YellowEvoV110 but have you considered: they can be petted. Now you cant do that with a car can you?

[@pank3245]

It's amazing how trains literally solve almost all of our problems regarding urbanization

[@k00lkidz4]

They don't

[@spaceflightexplosionstutor4167]

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]

@@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]

then you never went by german train. or public transport in general.

[@pank3245]

@@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.

[@Bruno-G]

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

[@rangeroverguyxbmwgirl]

Indeed if they banned cars Im going to stop living in this world

[@durece100]

No. Cars need to completely banned, except emergency vehicles.

[@_lordbucket3863]

@@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]

@@durece100 Lol, you car haters are funny. Completely laughable hahaha.

[@thejummyjum6207]

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

[@priestesslucy3299]

I'd be down for this within city limits. Rural communities still need cars though

[@secretagentcat]

@@tommykirk3403 "forcing"

[@danielvidmar5519]

As a rural dude,I agree

[@LaMadriguera]

As a Rural, we already use Cars less than people on cities, so, is just kinda fair.

[@GeneralFalukorv]

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]

They have horses lol

[@lefishe5845]

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.]

@@lefishe5845 XD

[@innvtr2487]

Even as an automotive enthusiast, I find it hard to disagree. Cities and the environment are just better without cars.

[@S.ASmith]

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]

@@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]

@@gurumage9555 said hitler while banning warming up the water with the crab inside.

[@rdablock]

@@S.ASmith your package is arriving soon, courtesy of uncle Ted

[@S.ASmith]

@@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.

[@lars1588]

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]

@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]

most american non tire using public transport was bought and closed by tire manufacturers.

[@axelfiraxa]

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

[@choty7066]

Public transport must improve first. If you just ban cars then people won't be able to commute efficiently

[@TechConnectDaily]

then if you ban cars public transport imrpoves automatically as a huge amount of budget is freed

[@choty7066]

@@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]

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]

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]

​@@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.

[@taxtengo7427]

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]

And that you have to travel with others, and you can't leave when you want. It's extremely impractical

[@Mrrraaou]

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]

@@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]

@@taxtengo7427 in the ideal future, we would live in a car free city with some rentable cars, which can drive by themself.

[@wile123456]

Car sharing is the solution. Renting a car the rare cases you actually need it

[@aidanlutz8106]

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]

Yeah but are you breathing in those emissions while you're riding?

[@aidanlutz8106]

@@CaptainAlliance you assume someone is in a car 24/7.

[@CaptainAlliance]

@@aidanlutz8106 and you disregard the fact that public transportation is a vector for disease.

[@aidanlutz8106]

@@CaptainAlliance no, I’m pointing out irony.

[@MrCmon113]

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.

[@leonardodavid2842]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@Iknowthismeme]

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]

Nice

[@antonioalonso2986]

...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]

@@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]

@@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

[@CaptainChromosome]

@@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

[@veroorzaakt6387]

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]

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]

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]

@@benw3864 to be fair cyclists don’t need to pay road tax or insurance, If anything car drivers are subsidizing them

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@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]

@@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).

[@TheCrazeturk]

I think “let’s drastically reduce the amount of cars” fits the bill better.

[@pupsap7714]

No. Cars are retarded. We need to kill them all.

[@MiScusi69]

But it is less dramatic

[@chillout8185]

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]

yes, but click bait

[@dopey473]

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.

[@Kinard007]

As someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, I would love more trains in my small town than seeing any other cars

[@ImpreccablePony]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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?

[@SME5724]

I’d rather ban your channel

[@Sythemn]

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]

@@Kirill-er9gv It's the exact opposite, the whole point of car free cities is to save time.

[@actually5004]

@@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]

@@Kirill-er9gv Trains. Also you haven't watched the video fully, you'd understand the general consensus for rural areas if you did.

[@neil7910]

Not to mention how much of an eyesore cars are

[@user-vi1lv2xi9i]

@@Kirill-er9gv Have you ever heard of regional Trains?

[@jortand]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

​@@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]

@@RedbadofFrisia If a city is built on the side of a hill or feature hilly terrain, almost nobody rides bikes unless it’s electric.

[@Datboichannel]

“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]

Well, it kinda is. Im dutch amd i really do not need a car

[@TBMVD]

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]

@@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]

Just as patriotic as using the trains hell yeah

[@DeepZeea]

But you know it's true :D

[@latergator9622]

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]

Or maybe better city design

[@Celis.C]

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]

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]

@@Bonzman seems good to me

[@Celis.C]

@@Bonzman I've been told that's "the free market doing it's job". Working as intended, right?

[@arefrigerator211]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@DanielPinheiroo]

"types of trainsportation, made by a 8 year old" i legit died on that part, also BAN CARS

[@suzanlara7399]

Daniel Pinheiro come to brazil lol

[@iCore7Gaming]

Ah yes lets jusy ban cars and see how fast the world turns into absolute chaos

[@Atlantica01]

Michael Timmy Boy, GO TO NON-CAR BRAZIL!!

[@then00brathalos]

Ban cars people when they have a cardiac arrest and no ambulance came :

[@sotch2271]

I don’t leave in a rural or semi rural place do you? It show

[@anormalfishfan3656]

lets not ban cars, just make them not be a necesity

[@yuran1um]

Also kids won’t be imprisoned in their homes just because they can’t drive a car. Especially in -sterile hell- suburbs.

[@weirdwalrus5757]

"DUDE SUBURBS ARE HELL BRO I HATE COOKIE CUTTER HOUSES BRO" go live in a commie block then

[@macronnie5117]

r we living the same life?

[@claykh]

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]

@@claykh not true, most children in suburbs will make friends in said suburbs and will play with them on the streets

[@tompoessy]

@@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

[@caelansmith]

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]

Given you crashed your car, I think being put off driving is a good thing for you....and everyone else's insurance premiums.

[@sipe254]

Crashing a car can happen to anyone shut the fuck up

[@ballsacksniffer420]

But you cant drift a scooter

[@kpp28]

@@ballsacksniffer420 not with that altitude

[@S.ASmith]

@@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.

[@VictorECaplon]

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]

True

[@rusticcloud3325]

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]

That's what trains and buses are for.

[@cheesegreater5739]

Yeah, train and bus line trying to connect every rural and suburban area would be a mess.

[@dwagon6706]

As long as it is between two cities (even minor ones) it should be possible to have a Railway go trough villages

[@Limit19970]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

He wants to ban motorways and rural highways too. I cannot imagine that fun windy mountain roads will be granted exemption.

[@falcon_arkaig]

@@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.

[@deus2480]

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]

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]

hey look its another person who doesn't live in arizona

[@dageta7742]

Same im not enjoying driving or the price here

[@a1saucin221]

AYO HE SPITTIN

[@katjerouac]

@@spoonikle 🤣 I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea. We still need to transport good by trucks.

[@hacim42]

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]

Sounds great I guess but I still can't wrap my head around it. What would I do with my car?

[@yua7469]

@@titusjames4912 sell it and get a cool bike I guess lol

[@warweasel2832]

@@yua7469 "SELL THEM TO WHO BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?!"

[@titusjames4912]

@@warweasel2832 This is, and always has been, one of the best comebacks on the internet.

[@ohseabass6852]

Portlands public transport is actually really damn good

[@Jody2Shoes]

This video is so ignorant i genuinely thought it was bait at first

[@JudeKS10]

We don't need to fully ban cars, but having alternative options for transportation, having less parking and roads, making roads less for cars and more for people are all generally good ideas. Most of what this video is advocating for is less car dependency which doesn't have very many good arguments against it.

[@emmettlester739]

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]

yeah and if parking your cars in or around cities was safer. too many thieves

[@emmettlester739]

@@skeetus Exactly. Whatever leads to a safer experience, I'm with it.

[@jadedixon6431]

Same here lol

[@kamilareeder1493]

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]

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.

[@Maddiedoggie]

As much as I love cars, even I can agree that car dependency has gone way too far. I think cars should only be used for long-distance travel, like going into another city, state, or country. You shouldn't have to rely on almost getting t-boned by Dale's Suburban and Ron's Explorer 20 times a day (because yellow means speed up at a traffic light to Americans) just to get groceries.

[@AlexCab_49]

For intercity travel there's buses and trains and they are more enjoyable than being inside a car for hours and I could even socialize with other passangers. But I think for trips to rural areas that aren't served by rail or intercity bus then yes a car is needed. And driving in the countryside is far more enjoyable than in a city.

[@shayan_idk]

EXACTLY

[@cocoacoolness]

Yes I think there is a time and a place for cars, but inside cities of not one of them. Especially for everyday travel like getting to work or school, a car shouldn't be necessary.

[@redneck6570]

That would make jobs like mine really really hard I work for a shipping company our work starts at 3 in the morning tell me where the public transportation is at 3 in the morning in America

[@cocoacoolness]

@@redneck6570 in this theoretical world where American cities put policies in place to reduce car use, I am sure that public transport would be more frequent and go for more hours of the day

[@AndreiTupolev]

I've no idea if the creator of this video is still around, or if he still reads comments, but come on, I just hate cars (sticks thumb in mouth)? Great big SUVs and pickup trucks are one thing, but show me someone who can hate an Austin Seven, Morris Minor or Citroën 2CV - or those awesome 50s American cars

[@GabiN64]

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]

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]

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]

My city in america is suppost to get a thing from 1 city to another cant remember what its called

[@jumbo_mumbo1441]

We don't really have 30-100 years 😔

[@yavantii3615]

@@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)

[@dagedar2717]

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]

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]

Same, also don't know a single person who anyways enjoys driving every single day to work.

[@dlazo32696]

@@manaspradhan8041 Still beats taking public transit to work, that’s for sure.

[@manaspradhan8041]

@@dlazo32696 no way lmfao, maybe if your public transit is shit. American?

[@GG64du02]

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.

[@caityreads8070]

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]

lmao this

[@michaelbujaki2462]

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]

@@michaelbujaki2462 that's exactly what a carist would say,smhing so hard rn.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

@@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse I happen to like driving.

[@kagenlim5271]

@@michaelbujaki2462 okay sure you do bud

[@TheCharlCoal]

Cant we appriciate how micheal is so enlightened at age 8?

[@jojosiwasbizzareadventure4743]

What?

[@TheCharlCoal]

@@jojosiwasbizzareadventure4743 04:44

[@yodawg]

ban luxury yachts and other huge ass diesel sucking ships which we have absolute no need for...

[@buddhikathambugala3472]

Perhaps you could just refrain from buying one!!

[@yodawg]

@@buddhikathambugala3472 say it to rich people xD

[@Jellykrop]

Except those atrocities are used by the extremely wealthy, which are the ones making the law...

[@ranjitsharma5811]

ships are crazy efficient so it isn't exactly that much-needed

[@BritishRepublicsn]

@@ranjitsharma5811 yachts and cruise ships aren't efficient

[@tikkelbikkel]

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]

im so jealous of the netherlands i wanna live there for these reasons 😢

[@s1.m511]

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]

Man y’all lucky it takes 2 hours to bike to the nearest town where I live

[@communism_is_wrong7167]

Have fun riding a bike 4 miles in Las Vegas when it’s 118° outside

[@Rayer24]

@@communism_is_wrong7167 Walk? Or just don't travel if it's that hot

[@thecheck968]

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]

god I hate college kids, south park had it right on the dot hoooooly shit

[@lordfabulous6198]

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]

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]

@@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]

"I can't afford this car so nobody should"?

[@MrRazz523]

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]

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]

That’s the issue with American suburbs, they are designed for cars when they don’t need to be

[@1TW1-m5i]

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]

American Suburbs need to be bathed in fire.

[@weaboo837]

@@1TW1-m5i that's just a problem with bad public transport

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

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]

Funny how the same party that pushes for zoning also complains about suburbs.

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

@@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]

@@josephang9927 because suburbs are shit

[@pvtghost117]

@@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.

[@samuelborchers8114]

Look. I know the second one was bad. But banning a classic Pixar series just doesn't make sense.

[@ManOfUnknownWorth]

Then there are the instances where the form of transportation IS the attraction itself. I recall the UK having loads of heritage railways partially thanks to the efforts of a clergyman with a blue tank engine. Having the transportation infrastructure double as a tourist attraction does have some benefits. While I wouldn't recommend going crazy with the amount of steam engines, it's still worth considering integrating those railways a bit more into the general infrastructure to increase their usefulness.

[@irislander6020]

I honestly thought you were talking about Thomas the tank engine for a moment there...

[@obliviousotterI]

@@irislander6020 He was

[@phantomaviator1318]

Almost heaven...