A Viral Comparison Highlights the Stark Reality of US Car Dependency
This meme features a screenshot of a navigation app comparing travel times between driving, public transit, and walking in a major US city. The data shows a seven-minute drive compared to over an hour for both public transportation and walking, illustrating the significant reliance on personal vehicles for daily travel in the United States. The post highlights the cultural divide in urban planning and transportation infrastructure, as the original poster expresses disbelief at the inefficiency of non-car travel options. It serves as a commentary on the sprawling nature of American cities and the challenges of navigating them without a private vehicle.
Yes, Europeans. North America has a car dependency. Listen, some of yall were just here for soccer. Please let the rest know that this pkace is FUCKING HUGE. Look at this grab from the true size map. The distance from the capital of o e or your countries to the capital of another
One way streets and lack of roundabouts
Cars are cheap anyways, if you dont have one I assume your license is suspended. Only felons with face tattoos that live with their grandmas ride bicycles.
The main issue is that the European mind cannot and will not comprehend the differences in population density and how much space we have. I live about 2 minutes from an interstate on ramp where I can go 80mph. In 7 minutes that's around 9 miles. I'm not walking 9 fucking miles to
Yeah crazy how owning something that can travel at 110 moh on the highway directly where you want to go beats walking or taking a generic route meant to move as many people as possible to a suggestion of where they actually want to be
Maybe not car dependency but car efficiency. This is to the grocery store. But granted I do live by an expressway so it’s faster on there
Deutsche Bahn: Zugfällt aus. Get fucked, peasant. Germany in theory has public transport.
In Amsterdam it is the opposite. By bike it takes 3 minutes, by foot it is 7, by car 37 and you have to go around the ring which is 40 km and when there is a parking spot available it is 3 EUR/h and 5 min walk away. And this is how it should be. Cars must be limited in cities and
This is in France, near Paris, in the afternoon.
An English friend of mine told me "The difference between us is you Yanks think 200 years is a long time while we English think 200 miles is a long distance." Nigel is still a twat though.