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There should be no gas vehicles being sold new by 2035. So that isn't very aggressive legislation, IMO.
In Europe, gas/diesel vehicles are already in a death spiral, and are now outsold by electric. In five years, gas/diesel sales in Europe will probably be near zero. If you're buying a gas vehicle today, it will probably be your last. |
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https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/e...an%20countries. The Model 3 is now the best-selling vehicle in Europe. More important, if you look at long-term trends, diesel will be gone within about five years. Diesel had total market domination until about five years ago, and purchases have collapsed. And auto companies have basically halted any R&D on non-E vehicles, so the gas car you have now basically has everything it will never have. |
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I think it's fairly obvious why people walk faster in NYC than LA. Walking in NYC is a primary mode of transportation and not a leisure activity. If you compare NYC to any other city (globally) where walking is a primary mode of transportation, you'll see that people walk at similar speeds. |
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Contrast that to LA where you can walk for a couple hours and more or less stay in the same area. The vehicular traffic is much more intense, and you're much more likely to encounter freeways. I could walk west from my place in Los Feliz, and after a couple hours still just be in the Hollywood area. Even if you're covering the same mileage, the city is so vast that it makes it feel like you're not really covering much ground. This image helps show how huge LA is, and how walking there can feel somewhat futile compared to smaller, more compact cities. Looking at this, it's easy to see why this is. The entire city of Boston fits into the greater Downtown LA area! https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/...Cformat&w=1200 |
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Yes, Los Angeles' municipal boundaries cover a huge area. The length of Wilshire Boulevard is longer than the whole island of Manhattan. Here's LA proper superimposed over Paris, with Paris proper being inside the Périphérique: https://media.timeout.com/images/103481145/image.jpg All the tourist sites within Paris proper are in a tiny area compared with Los Angeles; it's like no WONDER it's so easy to get around Paris by their Metro! It covers a tiny area. Central Paris to Versailles is like downtown LA to Culver City, yet when I first went to Paris, they made it out to be really far, hehe. |
And now throw in LA COUNTY or the whole GREATER LA and it blows paris out the water and most cities./
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I could walk longer in downtown Chicago but I'd have to go out of my daily routine to do it. Most people in downtown Chicago aren't wandering around the loop at lunch or rush hour. They're usually going straight home. |
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Also, a couple of hours and you're still in the same area?
It's what, 15-20 minutes to walk a city mile for most people? And yes, that's true for LA. I've done it. So 6 miles. |
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