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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

How exactly can we make public transport less overwhelming though?

Fewer people per sqm I busses and trains would help a lot.

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[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That lessens the advantage of public transit over cars though

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago*

Yes it probably makes a small dent in the environmental benefit, but uncomfortable public transit is an even bigger disadvantage because then people take cars instead.

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hardly though, right? You would have to lower it to like maybe 4 people per carriage to match typical car usage. Besides, increasing the number of trains running during peak can solve this.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Lol, not even - more like 2, maybe 3 if you include the driver

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Look, I was trying to be charitable :P

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[+] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Higher frequency. So more trains/busses on the same route.

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago*

Which can drastically clog the network so nothing arrives on time.

Not sure which is worse, overcrowded or unpredictable schedule.

In defence of the argument. It is noteworthy how quickly we have a bunch of presumably autistic people brainstorming on how to solve the problem the second the problem is posed.

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago*

Same where I live in Scandinavia. Apart from massive investments in public transit, creating massive unused overhead capacity most of the time, I don't think it's possible. But I do take public transport to/from work and the worst thing, by far is sitting/standing shoulder-to-shoulder I absolutely hate it.

Trains actually running on time would be a nice second thing to fix, I don't think I have ever taken public transit on my commute that wasn't delayed.