Machines allow the city to become bigger. Cars are machines. To move stuff. And big machines like buses, trams, subways, planes can move at batch speed. But fail on granularity.

I would not say, cars are bad. For me they are the cells that bring the oxygen, to use another analogy.

What is missing is organization to avoid clogging. And i dislike the noise and the danger one has. This can be done all better.

But i like cars. I like my bike also.

And after all, i like technology. :)

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preisschild 9 hours ago | parent [-]

In cities cars have no reason to exist. You can combine better scalable public transit (light rail, subways, trains) with bikes/scooters and you get best of both worlds. Have been living in one for years without a need for a car.

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account42 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are many things like moving furniture or even larger amounts of groceries that are infinitely harder without a car.

And then there is also the question of the environment on that public transport. IME "good enough that complaints remain manageable" seems to be the target here unlike a car where you can have private entertainment and air conditioning (not to mention sufficient ventilation) to whatever level you wish.

And even for relatively frequent public transit routes you end up wasting quite a bit of time waiting. Even more so if your start and destination don't happen to be close to the same route.

	▲	mcv 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You don't need to move furniture every week, so you can always rent a van for that. Using a car for the 500m to my nearest supermarket seems a bit silly, but these days our groceries are delivered to the front door. All of this is a matter of how you design your cities. Some have been designed so you have no choice but to use a car, others have been designed so you don't need a car at all. I know you don't control the design of your city, but others do. They could be making different decisions. > And even for relatively frequent public transit routes you end up wasting quite a bit of time waiting. The same is true for busy car routes.

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mysterydip 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree overall, with the caveat that it really depends on the infrastructure available and sprawl. I had flown in to a city late at night, and all the subways and busses had stopped for the night. My only option was a taxi or stay at the airport.