[meme] Trains -- not driverless cars -- are the future of transportation - eviltoast

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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, “Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND.”

  • monarchsonvacay@adding.spaceEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    Counterpoint: Society will collapse to the point where cities, let alone trains and microtransport, will no longer be available or viable.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      In that scenario, I think analog bicycles will be essential for getting around between places, albeit using the actual roads and stuff.

      Fuel would likely either be extremely rare IMO or a military luxury

      • monarchsonvacay@adding.spaceEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I agree. There just won’t be trains running for a very long time if ever again, is all. Maybe a couple centuries minimum while humanity recovers from whatever toppled it.

    • ParsnipWitch@feddit.deEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      When this point of infrastructural collaps is reached, cars won’t help you much either.