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It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Hundun 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Build trains. Railroads, tunnels, bridges, switching stations - the good stuff, you know. Stuff that works.

[–] hallettj 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, and nationalize the US rail network so passenger trains can actually work well. I think the experiment in publicly-owned roads has shown some promise on that front.