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GM Admits It Needs Hybrids Again: 'We're Not Tone Deaf'
www.motor1.com/news/811086/general-motors-hybrids-comeback-plan/
We need electric trains. That’s what we need. Fuck cars.
Replying to @daggermoon@piefed.world
The main reason public transit is what it is in Europe is because of how WW2 ravaged the continent. Maybe WW3 will do the same.
Replying to @Creegz@lemmy.world
And that means what?
I’m not familiar with that theory, but Europe has been building a robust public transit network since the early 20th century. The wars only slowed progress. Most Subway systems, rail networks, city buses, etc were quite strong already in the 30’s.
Replying to @elucubra@sopuli.xyz
They had it, but WW2 did so much damage (WW1 contributed to this too) and the need to move workers around cheaply and reliably to rebuild gave them an opportunity to improve public transit and make it the primary focus for transportation infrastructure. Build the transit route into the communities or commercial areas, then rebuild those zones around it. By the 70’s it was fully modernized and a primary focus from governments. Without that destruction it may have just been city centers like North America does.