• dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    How is it “insane” logic? A car share has lower environmental impact over individual car ownership. Does it suck compared to alternatives? Sure. But it’s not the same as ten individuals riding their cars, since

    • it can be used by more than one passenger at the same time
    • an individual car will still need to drive to pick up a passenger (think parents picking up their kids or spouses and back again)
    • they take up city subsidized real estate to park their cars (if not, because they are in a suburban sprawl drive way, that’s its own problem already)

    Either way, I was bringing it up as an example: Costco can also be accessed by public transit, but it’s not “accessible”. It takes an hour to get there, including ~15 minutes of walking along an area that has a sliver of a sidewalk. Compared to 17 minute by car (traffic not withstanding) or 23 minutes of biking. I do this ride/transit there and Uber back again maybe twice a year, but I wish I didn’t have to.