06-19-2022, 07:47 AM
(06-18-2022, 09:55 AM)beechnut79 Wrote: Just found this piece on the Reddit forum. Titled What would it take to start a social movement to expand public transit. Posted here for discussion purposes only.
https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/c...vement_to/
I've always been baffled by how poorly Americans adjust to change in comparison to Euorpeans, who suffered from stasis for centuries. It took two world wars to finally get their attention, but Europeans finally agreed to be less individual and more communal. Let's admit it, we're not there yet, and current cultural pressures are actually pushing us the other way. Like Europe, we may have to suffer a fall before we get back to our feet, evaluate what went wrong, and do something productive about it.
Public transporation is only one of many issues. We still have no universal healthcare, or an agreement that people need to be housed as a higher priority than NIMBYism. We have a long road to travel to get somewhere sane, and, sadly, it's looking less likely to happen soon than it did just a few months ago.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.