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As either the transitional stage to communism or legitimate socio-economic ends in its own right.
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B0ycey wrote:Or perhaps taxes should be put into such a scheme to allow public transport to be free and the drivers can still get paid.

To be honest, I have never understood why more emphasis hasn't been put into such a scheme. I suspect many more unnecessary cars journeys would be eliminated from the roads if public transport was free. And it would allow more people the opportunity to venture out of their residential vicinity for work opportunities, resulting in less necessity for inner city living for low paid workers.

I think that in consideration for today's PMD (E-scooter / e-bike) technology or the affordability of made in China/Taiwan bicycles, half of all roads should be RESERVED for PMD use (PMD as defined as personal mobility devices with a motor cut of of @25kph, weighing UNDER 20kg and run on batteries.

As mentioned in my FP, such e-scooters available off the shelf already can travel up to 60km on a single charge of approx 1kwh of electrical mains charging power.

As such, the government need not subsidise expensive buses both because they are big and clumsy and cannot satisfy irregular commuter demands unlike the 'metro + PMD' model.

Half of all roads should be RESERVED for only PMD and emergency public vehicle use and where current roads are just 2lanes (in opposite directions), then one lane shall be converted to PMD use and the other accessible to motor vehicles as a one way street.

Reserving half the road for mainly PMD use will allow PMD users NOT to be harassed by saloon cars, trucks, motorcycles etc as well as reduce the city's carbon foot print since PMDs are much more carbon friendly than any internal combustion powered vehicle both due to the power generation efficiencies of industrial power plants as well as the lightweight design of PMD unlike cars etc.

People will then be able to receive FOC exercise whilst commuting which is a much more efficient way of life. Having PMD reserved lanes also means the ability to reach anywhere in the city safely 24/7.
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SolarCross wrote:Maybe you should be a "super-capitalist" then.. it is better to be a realist after all.


No thanks.

“The reality principle is not some kind of natural way associated with how things are … The reality principle itself is ideologically mediated; one could even claim that it constitutes the highest form of ideology, the ideology that presents itself as empirical fact (or biological, economic…) necessity (and that we tend to perceive as non-ideological). It is precisely here that we should be most alert to the functioning of ideology.”
Alenka Zupancic

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