Context: i am in Europe so might be irrelevant to US.

I was thinking : we already have a usable solution to traffic jams. It’s called parking lots, as the ones in airports. You drop your car, then you take public transport to go anywhere. So imagine doing the same, but on daily basis. Build many such parking spots outside of the city , irrigate with public transport, make the price reasonable for daily usage (fuck you Charles de Gaulle Airport and your 14€/day fee). Boom, reduces your traffic by X% every morning.

As someone who drives regularly from Reims to Paris, I d be glad if such option existed, so I wouldn’t have to drive on Périphérique.

The two reasons I think it’s not used is “planning” and “politicians”. The latter isn’t good at former.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Those parking prices and the lackluster connection from those parking lots to peoples destination is the problem that prevents this ideas success.

    I can drive to my specialist doctors appointment, and it takes between 30 and 60 minutes.

    Or I can drive to the P&R (20 minutes), take a tram to the city center (25 to 45 minutes, depending when the tram arrives), and then take a bus (20 to 30 minutes), and then walk for another ten minutes.

    For the joy of experiencing overfull trams and busses that take longer and having an additional walk I have to pay €3.70 each way. Luckily, parking is free.

    Now tell me, why on earth should I use public transport?