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Destro9799 t1_jb3isb5 wrote

Reply to comment by Narethii in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

The data goes to 2017, so that was before the recent boom in telecommuting we got from the pandemic.

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Byte_the_hand t1_jb3hrxj wrote

Reply to comment by boones_farmer in Salty fingerprint in the Ocean is evidence of accelerated weakening of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation by DisasterousGiraffe

And the NE in the US. And where does all that heat come from? Around the Caribbean, so with that heat not being transported from there, the SW is going to be hotter and more humid. With hotter water will come massively larger hurricanes that spool up in hours rather than days.

Interesting times ahead indeed.

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Narethii t1_jb3gstn wrote

Reply to Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

No mention of telecommuting? WFH is still a considerable part of the NA office job work force, I know MANY people who went from 30-60 minute one way daily commutes to WFH. It's the most significant decrease in my use and my wife's of motor vehicles by far

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maxToTheJ t1_jb3dmtx wrote

Reply to comment by wascilly_wabbit in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

Its more environmentally friendly to have a car driving around on the hopes of going on a trip

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realbakingbish t1_jb39vy7 wrote

Reply to comment by Ihadanapostrophe in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

> a city that has atrocious public transportation and is unsafe to walk/bike in for much of the year (due to heat).

What’s sad is how many cities that could describe. I thought Orlando immediately (because that’s home for me), but that could describe so many cities in the US and that’s incredibly sad

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Professor226 t1_jb39dq5 wrote

Reply to comment by slickhedstrong in Salty fingerprint in the Ocean is evidence of accelerated weakening of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation by DisasterousGiraffe

The Atlantic meridian current is the flow of water that transfers cold water to the tropics. It’s sensitive to increased fresh water pouring in from the melting glaciers. If there is too much fresh water it will stop. That means then current that regulates the temperature in europe will stop moving the cold water to the south. This has happened before and created a “mini ice age” in Europe.

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Nessie t1_jb36psn wrote

Reply to comment by N8CCRG in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

As a cyclist, it was paradise riding in my city of 2 million during the pandemic, when everyone was telecommuting and tourists were mostly barred from entry.

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ReadySte4dySpaghetti t1_jb366ce wrote

Reply to comment by digitalscale in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

Another thing is less space taken up by parking. I forget the city, I want to say its Nashville maybe? That something insane, like close to 50%, of all the space in the city is parking.

I guess it would cut down on the total traffic, because the total amount of cars in the circulation of traffic would be lower. Because if multiple people/parties can use the same car throughout the day, it would mean that they don’t individually have to drive.

I think the better option is generally busses/trams/trains, because they do the same thing with more people, and the last mile can be done walking, cycling, etc. with some taxis and cars for elderly or carrying loads or whatever.

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Certain-Ad-3840 t1_jb35cs4 wrote

Reply to Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

Well when you think about it, if you were commuting you would have to stop at each individual person‘s house to pick them up, here in Florida visiting 2 to 4 houses could take up to an hour and that’s not even including the drive to work. Or the alternative is that everyone meets in one place to drive together, and then that case you have a bunch of cars sitting in one spot. The infrastructure here it’s just so god awful we have been forced to each have our own cars.

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GenocidalElectricFan t1_jb33nru wrote

Reply to Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

I wonder if this is because of the increase of online deliveries. There's certainly a lot more car trips I'd be making if I could only shop offline.

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