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Originally Posted by Jor D
there used to be a push to rid the city of expressways in favour of mass transit like subways and such for fighting climate change, but now with the electric car soon to be the norm, highways are needed more than ever
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EVs are great, but they're not a cure-all for climate change, and even if they were, there are a lot of other good reasons to reduce car use, especially in cities: noise pollution, safety concerns, and most obviously, the fact that you just can't have a properly dense and attractive city centre and also have all the car infrastructure needed to get around smoothly.
Even in a small city like Halifax, you can't have 100,000 people in a small area like the peninsula using a car as their primary transport and expect anything less than horrible congestion. So we still need to have lots of mass transit and other transport options.
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