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I know this is fuckcars, but park-and-ride schemes are to remove cars from city centers.
Park out of town, get a bus in for the day, bus back, and drive home.
They are fairly popular and fairly effective around the UK.
Yeh, it would be great if everyone had excellent bus/train service, but this is a decent stop gap
Government when funding public transit: multiple feasibility studies, public opinion surveys, town hall meetings
Government when funding car infrastructure: "Eh fuck it, plop it down and we'll figure it out later"
To be fair the article mentions that they did have it figured out, but later canceled the connection, which was part of a separate project.
Seems like the exact problem that could happen with anything, but ofc shouldn't. Because it really is such a simple mistake that anyone with a brain, who is in charge of making those decisions, should look at the plans and see it. There for sure are systemic issues, if something this basic can fall through the cracks.
Skate spot?
Besides the obvious fuck up, just judging from the picture in the article I also see a complete lack of solar panels or charging stations.
Feels like when you are already spending such a huge sum just for a fancy place to store some cars, then you could at least add that functionality.
🤡 leadership
What is that supposed to be?
Some kind of empty parking lot. They will eventually figure out how to bring the cars in. An elevator if it gets to that, but they will figure it out.