*hard to find exact numbers, but many sources wind up around the $12,000 average for all cars (new and used)
*hard to find exact numbers, but many sources wind up around the $12,000 average for all cars (new and used)
How many cars that amounts to depends on the differential, and of course, CA invites travel, being so wildly diverse.
Rent homes? Rent cars? Build urban housing when tech companies bid up property values "to Mars?"
Due to zoning laws (and other incentives and quirks in the system), it's rarely logical to build townhomes or medium apartment buildings in the US when there's a HUGE demand for affordable options like those.
I believe that increasing our cities' housing supplies will help housing become more affordable for all. And when densify-ing, having alternatives to cars for transportation is vital to making these areas function well!
I fear that with the millions of lines of code lurking in dozens of ECUs it might end up being more like a cheap smartphone.
bigyabai•8mo ago
Were it that it was, but alas.
al_borland•8mo ago
Amsterdam was crowded with cars in the 1970s. Several decades later, it’s a model many look to for how to design cities that aren’t centered around cars.
It won’t happen overnight, nor will it happen by accident, but it cities can and do change.
b3ing•8mo ago
bigyabai•8mo ago
al_borland•8mo ago
On a local level, I have seen some attempts. I have some protected bike lanes around me, and the nearest big city is putting in a 20+ mile greenway around the city for bikes and pedestrians. These things were unheard of 20 years ago. However, all of this stuff has to reach a certain tipping point before the average person will use it. It’s a very much “build it and they will come” situation… and until that tipping point, everyone will simply be upset by the road diets, because the incomplete vision isn’t offsetting any traffic yet.