• Jesse@aus.social
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    1 year ago

    @themeatbridge @sexy_peach Commuter driving has the same ‘last mile’ problem, but it’s parking.

    The photo doesn’t include the $250 million worth of carparks for those 10,000 cars that has to exist at the other end of the highway.

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      1 year ago

      I agree with you, but employers are solving that problem by leaving densely developed places for suburban and rural locations. This contributes to sprawl and compounds the complexity of the problem. All because public transit can’t solve the last mile problem.

      We need adaptive infrastructure and regulated development to coincide with public transit, but at least in the USA, I might as well be talking about flying to Mars on unicorn farts.

      Regulatory capture isn’t just a thing that happens, it’s the very foundation of our political system. Like a house grown from fungus, it’s not “corrupted” because the corruption is all there is.