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OldKingCanary t1_jb50rav wrote

I think that may have more to do with how horses are used as domesticated animals. They're like dogs in that they need to understand commands and like dogs the survival of their human depends on the animal so the animals were likely bred to be social and able to take ques. Also a huge thing with horses is getting them to be less excitable and willing to do whatever the human tells them to do. Horses do NOT naturally ride into battle, but they can with the right training and condition.

Basically they're not like farm animals who exist to mostly do simple work or for food. Horses needed to understand complex commands so they were bred to be able to read humans extremely well. Way more so than say a cow or sheep.

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ShadowGrebacier t1_jb50bmv wrote

The taxi already existed though, many of them being cars driven to 500,000 miles. With the proliferation and usage of rideshare and taxi the people who would be adding 1 to the total amount of cars on the road are now not, the rideshare/taxi driver, already bought in but can contribute to as many as 100 people no longer needing a personal vehicle. It's a net loss, not a net negation. At the macro level, more cars are being taken off the road by virtue of the driver who already bought in, being able to negate a need for other people to get vehicle to begin with.

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uberfission t1_jb508va wrote

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Economy_Appearance_9 t1_jb50290 wrote

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bluGill t1_jb4zxt5 wrote

Not in most places with transit. You can look up the budgets of US transit organizations, small town transit you are correct, but for anything bigger fares are significant sources of money (10% being significant).

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fizzlefist t1_jb4zx5t wrote

I’ve gone through a variety of middle-weight motorcycles for leisure since I started riding in 2019. I do a lot of travel for work, so I do still very much need a 4-wheeled vehicle for going 100-300 miles to the job site for a week, but I recently swapped the bike out for a 150cc scooter. Now I’m using that for running around town when I’m at home.

The balance is phenomenal, thr small wheels means is extremely maneuverable, the underseat storage and top case means I can do a grocery run, and it’s hard to beat 90 miles per gallon. Plus it’s just fun.

Only times I take the truck around the home town now is if I need to take passengers or lots of stuff.

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