People are saying we should just build more trains but I promise you most Americans would never use them. The people of this country would rather go bankrupt while cooking themselves alive than wait at a tram stop.
You'd need a big pro-train media push to go with it. Put luxury train travel in MCU slops. Actually run anti-car and anti-plane newspieces. Start train-based tiktok trends. Have people bragging about their commute going from 90min in grueling traffic to 30min that they can spend vibing and getting hammered.
Back in '06 when gas was hitting similar levels, the buses and trains were absolutely overflowing with new ridership and cities were scrambling to expand the systems to support the excess capacity.
Like, you can shit on Econ 101 tier arguments all you want, but at the end of the day $6/gal gas changes how people behave.
People are saying we should just build more trains but I promise you most Americans would never use them. The people of this country would rather go bankrupt while cooking themselves alive than wait at a tram stop.
You'd need a big pro-train media push to go with it. Put luxury train travel in MCU slops. Actually run anti-car and anti-plane newspieces. Start train-based tiktok trends. Have people bragging about their commute going from 90min in grueling traffic to 30min that they can spend vibing and getting hammered.
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You can ideology all you want, if it allows to sleep 20 more minutes in the morning people will use them :shrug-outta-hecks:
I think this as well. Car culture is too deeply ingrained. It has become part of our identity. Freedom, Liberty, etc etc
Back in '06 when gas was hitting similar levels, the buses and trains were absolutely overflowing with new ridership and cities were scrambling to expand the systems to support the excess capacity.
Like, you can shit on Econ 101 tier arguments all you want, but at the end of the day $6/gal gas changes how people behave.