+79 Car usage should be significantly reduced and be far more expensive and city planners need to build back roads in favor of better public transit and nature, amirite?

by Rempelelizabeth 2 days ago

Well people on the countryside still need to get to places, like work, shops, healthcare related stuff, and to transport stuff. Taxi or Uber would be expensive, public transport would be inefficient if no one uses 5 of the 7 times buses drive around niche areas in a day, most public transport (here at least) doesnt drive past 10pm and before 6:30am, and it greatly inhibits being spontanious.

by Basic-Buy 2 days ago

These opinions mostly comes from citycentric people that think everyone lives downtown.

by Jolly-Avocado 2 days ago

You're welcome in Europe buddy.

by ProgramSweet9827 2 days ago

Meh, in many places you still need a car or sacrifice hours on public transport

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Define "many", 80% of the french population lives in the city, on average people live less than a km away from the nearest supermarket, the nearest bakery and the nearest pharmacy, in the US it is 3km away (2miles) from the nearest supermarket. There are 0,6 cars/person in France, 1,16 c/p in the US (nearly twice as much). It is also a well known fact that US urbanism was crafted around car usage, the Western European one was crafted around people.

by ProgramSweet9827 2 days ago

True but moving in the right direction

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Where is this unpopular?

by Beneficial-Site-7752 2 days ago

In states. Be fair for op.

by Liana45 2 days ago

I guess it depends where you live. But at least in my country people LOVE their cars and get crazy mad if some politicians propose anything that means driving gets slightly more inconvenient (stuff like bike paths or more strict speed regulations).

by Rempelelizabeth 2 days ago

In the real world.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I think cars are fun. So I will always have a car. If you drive a Corolla or civic all your life yeah I'm sure you wouldn't mind a bus.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Driving a fun car is fun in a fun setting. What enjoyment do you derive from driving it from traffic light to traffic light?

by Beneficial-Site-7752 2 days ago

I don't live in a big city. I don't live in yee haw land either, but yeah. Go to a state capital or a more known city you'll get that dreaded bumper to bumper traffic. Pretty much everywhere else you got highways and back roads in my state atleast. I personally will never care or want to live at or even close to a big city. People have different lifestyles and mines impossible without a car🤷🏾

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I love driving my hobby car to work and back during the spring and summer. It's fun driving, listening to music and have some alone time. And not a traffic light to be seen!

by Jolly-Avocado 2 days ago

Congratulations you've just condensed a hundred years of US car centric propaganda into a paragraph.

by Pale-Swimming 2 days ago

Come on, I gotta get to work somehow.

by Jolly-Avocado 2 days ago

The first half of your statement is childish but I believe you're coming from the right place. I'm going to assume you live in a city and is a nightmare to get around. In the overly congested areas cars being banned could make sense. But if you go 30 miles out, you are most likely in farm country. It makes no sense to have useless public transport out there.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Especially in the US. I think people forget how big the US is. You want to have enough train stations and buses to service everyone? Everywhere?

by According-Extent3356 2 days ago

Not so much an unpopular opinion so much as impractical one

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I agree generally, however I would still have a car because I prefer living rurally away from people.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You mean like taxes on gas, tolls and vehicle registration fees?

by Smithannamarie 2 days ago