• Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
    71·
    1 year ago

    Traditional pre-car villages were all walkable and all had their own train station. They sprawled out and lost their train stations when cars came around.

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
        2·
        1 year ago

        Tradition: 5 min bike to village station, 15 min train to local city, 15 min train to neighboring city, 5 min bike to destination, cost 2€

        Modernity: 1 hour of focused labor in traffic, 5 min walk through parking garage, cost 20€