Driverless vehicle that uses sensors to measure road surface quality and repair small cracks to stop them turning into potholes and hopefully decreasing the cost of road maintenance while improving average surface quality.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
    7219·
    9 months ago

    You mean trains, bikes, and good public transit? Because those all mean less wear and tear on the roads overall. Trust an American because we’ve been at this for seventy years. If you guys go all in on car dependency, it’s not only going to break the banks of government from local to national, but it’s going to break your bank and destroy what small businesses you have left.

    • Jrockwar@feddit.ukEnglish
      273·
      9 months ago

      Good public transit does not mean less wear and tear on the roads, absolutely not. As I stated in a different comment, a bus that replaces 10-20 cars causes similar road damage as 10000 cars. Which is fine, but for completely different reasons. Public transport is good because it allows more pedestrian-friendly cities, reduces pollution, etc; just road wear and tear is not one of the reasons why it’s good, it’s one of the drawbacks.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
        101·
        9 months ago

        Well, at least trams and trains don’t produce wear on roads, and a good freight train network reduces the need for heavy trucks.

      • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Good point, thanks for holding me accountable to the truth. We can’t set things right if we’re selling people a bill of goods; that’s what got us here in the first place.

    • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      157·
      9 months ago

      This guy acting like US invented cars and have divine knowledge from this experience.

      Dude, Europe got 10x better public transport and are far less car dependent than the US.

      Our cities are too old to be build with cars in mind.

      • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        15·
        9 months ago

        I think they’re saying “America is a bad example, please don’t follow us”

      • schnokobaer@feddit.deEnglish
        10·
        9 months ago

        Our cities are too old to be build with cars in mind.

        Vast parts of the cities I lived in were completely bulldozed to accommodate cars.

      • Traister101@lemmy.todayEnglish
        94·
        9 months ago

        And yet you guys are attempting to follow in our footsteps with new construction. Also the US was also too old to be built with cars in mind, we bulldozed our cities for the car (ಥ_ʖಥ)