Right. They should only be used by the few people that need them. But the reality is there are a lot of people with no business owning a big truck driving them in places that big trucks have no business being in
I’ve known plenty of people in southern US states who drive trucks for purposes that don’t require trucks. They’ll never choose public transit over their trucks, no matter how good it is.
…Though, realistically, that’s not exclusively a truck issue. If one can just step outside and get into their own car and be immediately en route to their destination, on their own schedule/convenience, it’ll be hard to convince them to choose a less convenient mode of transportation.
Are you sure they wouldn’t use transit? Or is it just all the transit they have ever seen is so bad they wouldn’t use it and they have no vision of what could be - but if somehow you built they great transit they would use it?
They won’t. It’s a cultural thing. Being perceived as poor is a taboo for them and they will lose status in their tribe and lose their access to mating females. They may live in a fire-gutted trailer that’s powered by a 100 foot extension cord plugged into their uncle’s house but as long as they drive a giant land yacht they then their social honor will remain intact.
I’m very confident that they wouldn’t. However, I suppose it’s possible that I’ve never seen transit that could be so good that people would choose it over their own vehicles. What would that look like?
I suppose a few of them might do it if there’s free coffee on board (or beer, but that would be chaos lol) and it ran on VERY convenient schedules.
People in the US place a LOT of value in convenience, so the public transit system would have to offer something that outweighs that. Do you know of any examples?
Convience is needed. That means it is not more than 5 minutes from when you get to the stop until you are moving. It means you can get to a lot of places in a short time. It doesn’t mean cofiee - bring your own, or stop by a coffee shop and get on the next but/train which isn’t that long of a wait.
the above would cost a lot of money - but it is much less than people spend on cars.
Ahh I think I get it now. That might be feasible in a densely populated city. Most of the truck guys I’ve known live in suburban or rural areas. The few who lived in the city center drove much smaller pickup trucks like Toyota Tacomas, Ford Rangers, etc.
These truck should only be used by the few people who need a big truck. That is a small minority of people.
Right. They should only be used by the few people that need them. But the reality is there are a lot of people with no business owning a big truck driving them in places that big trucks have no business being in
Back to my point: fix tranit so more people don’t think they need to drive. Small cars are still vastly more dangeious than transit.
I’ve known plenty of people in southern US states who drive trucks for purposes that don’t require trucks. They’ll never choose public transit over their trucks, no matter how good it is.
…Though, realistically, that’s not exclusively a truck issue. If one can just step outside and get into their own car and be immediately en route to their destination, on their own schedule/convenience, it’ll be hard to convince them to choose a less convenient mode of transportation.
Are you sure they wouldn’t use transit? Or is it just all the transit they have ever seen is so bad they wouldn’t use it and they have no vision of what could be - but if somehow you built they great transit they would use it?
They won’t. It’s a cultural thing. Being perceived as poor is a taboo for them and they will lose status in their tribe and lose their access to mating females. They may live in a fire-gutted trailer that’s powered by a 100 foot extension cord plugged into their uncle’s house but as long as they drive a giant land yacht they then their social honor will remain intact.
I’m very confident that they wouldn’t. However, I suppose it’s possible that I’ve never seen transit that could be so good that people would choose it over their own vehicles. What would that look like?
I suppose a few of them might do it if there’s free coffee on board (or beer, but that would be chaos lol) and it ran on VERY convenient schedules.
People in the US place a LOT of value in convenience, so the public transit system would have to offer something that outweighs that. Do you know of any examples?
Convience is needed. That means it is not more than 5 minutes from when you get to the stop until you are moving. It means you can get to a lot of places in a short time. It doesn’t mean cofiee - bring your own, or stop by a coffee shop and get on the next but/train which isn’t that long of a wait.
the above would cost a lot of money - but it is much less than people spend on cars.
Ahh I think I get it now. That might be feasible in a densely populated city. Most of the truck guys I’ve known live in suburban or rural areas. The few who lived in the city center drove much smaller pickup trucks like Toyota Tacomas, Ford Rangers, etc.
should, yes.