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Originally Posted by ronmcdon
Oh no doubt what's in Japan is preferable to CA.
If I could snap my fingers and make things that way, I would.
I would be happy to get rid of my car if it meant not getting stuck in hours of traffic anymore.
I just don't see how that alternative could be implemented anytime soon, within practical means.
There is progress, it's just coming at a snails pace.
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Oh I'm not hating or even comparing the two, and i do realize that it won't be possible any time soon. When you treat driving as a luxury/privilege and actually enforce that belief, that is when it actually starts becoming reality, or so i think.
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Originally Posted by drift freaq
Ya but the United States is whole hell of a lot larger than Japan with a lot more road infrastructure. Japan does not have the freeway system that exists in the U.S.
Oh and like our lawmakers would not misappropriate funds from the tax collected to use on other things. LOL
Seriously our state let alone the federal government cannot even balance a budget. How do you expect them to collect even more money for roads and actually use it as its intended.
The day that happens is the day Nissan makes another 240sx.
Oh and this is coming from a person who is actually very optimistic on things.
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That is very true, i actually think adding tolls to every freeway would be a start and make a huge difference, if of course the dudes in charge of the money actually kept the money in transportation.
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Originally Posted by axiomatik
Japan is only the size of California, with 150 million people. It is a lot easier to finance road construction and maintenance and public transit construction when you have so many fewer miles to build. The cost/person is greatly reduced.
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I feel like a broken record but i do think that taxing the people who actually use the freeway system significantly more than the general population is a fair and efficient way to at least start to make a difference. I do understand i am comparing apples to oranges.