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jankotek | 4 years ago

Japan has very good public transport, and does not really need cars.

In america the question is why invest in carbon based transportation? It is "obsolete technology"! In japan cars are "obsolete"!

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qubyte|4 years ago

This isn’t correct. My family live in the countryside and they’re more than an hour drive from the nearest rail station. There are buses but only a couple a day and they take a very long time. Their situation is pretty common.

tluyben2|4 years ago

Yeah, usually people who talk about good public transport in any country are talking about the (big) cities (probably the only place they visited).

In cities in Portugal and Spain the public transport is good as well, but I lived outside those in both countries and you have no chance without a car if you have any urgency to get somewhere. A bus once a day (early morning) to pick up and once (early evening) to drop off; so if you rely on public transport, you lose 1 entire day if you go shopping.

wodenokoto|4 years ago

Nobody drives in Tokyo. There’s too much traffic.

pmyjavec|4 years ago

Less than half the population of Japan lives in Tokyo.

cehrlich|4 years ago

Those two sentences seem a bit contradictory

asutekku|4 years ago

Totally inaccurate. While yes, you can get in densely populated areas almost anywhere near jy with a public transport, in countryside more and more lines are being stopped and car is a necessity

IkmoIkmo|4 years ago

Not really.. Japan ranks among the top 10-15 countries in terms of cars per capita.