• iminahurry@discuss.tchncs.de
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          That was, of course, just a random example of a job that cannot be done from home. A lot of jobs do require physical presence of people, that’s all I was trying to say.

          Of course, a milkman would also require to travel to and fro their place of work, dunno why they cannot be on a bus for that.

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            You do not actually see many milkmen these days. A milkman’s business was ran a bit like McDonalds’s with the milkman buying the as an individual and then selling it door to door. Every single milkman that I have known has worked from home.

            So kind of a bad example but I get your point. No not all people can work from home, but those who can should surely be given that option. I have a wife who is a civil servant. She is required to travel to work for 40% of her hours worked. This is for no other reason than going into work by direction of the Tory party. This was not really an issue until they moved the place of work 8 miles away. She literally has to pay for a bus, sit on a bus for an hour each way, while carrying all her PC equipment with her, just so she can do exactly the same job while sitting in an office. All her meetings are done online, even while in the office. So there is a lot to be said regarding this Tory agenda of forcing people to work from the office just to appease their Donors.

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      Acktually, to use a VPN, you would need to turn on your PC or phone, which uses a small but existent amount of petrol -🤓

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    Recently visited York (UK) and they have a fantastic bus system - and they’re electric.

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      Busses in my city are also going electric. So far only the local routes. The longer distance routes are still diesel

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      Imagine how bad it would be without the tube and busses! All these people trying to drive in London? Just thinking about it I shudder and I’ve never even seen London.

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      According to a study conducted in 1000 cities in 50 countries based on data from connected vehicles and phones. Not disagreeing with the premise but I expect there are plenty of other more “congested” cities, visit Manila or Jakarta for example. The UK should however definitely do more to fund its public infrastructure.

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      Not all sources agree on that. Also, I can think of a way or two to eliminate all traffic congestion.

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        At least in my experience most of the traffic is people trying to go into London from commuter towns, and they’ll take the motorways not the streets

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    It makes a good point but only if your country actually has public transport.

    If you live somewhere with zero public transport, the car is your only option.

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      You make a good point but only if your country actually has roads.

      If you live somewhere with no paved roads and only railroads, then that and walking are your only options.

      (Sarcasm but I’m curious if you see the point)

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          Well yes, except all the railroads where removed. Just lifted trucks and gravel roads as far as the eye can see.

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        You make a good point but only if your country has people.

        If you live somewhere with no people and only animals, then you can’t get anywhere and must traverse the jungle with a machete and a canteen full of either rainwater or your own piss.

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      If you live somewhere, you’re a part of the body that decides things like that. If you want public transit in your community, and you certainly should, take the steps to get the action started.

      Nobody is going to change the world on our behalf; it all falls on us.

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        Whats one of the concrete steps? I don’t know where you lives but here it seems impossible to push for that.

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          Starts by being an active member of the community. Attend counsel meetings, town hearings, etc. Bring up the topic at these, gauge the response. Talk to the people who seem enthusiastic in response. Work together and build a petition, then seek signatures first amongst the people who attend, then talk to your neighbors.

          I never said it was going to be easy, I only said nobody else is going to do it on your behalf.

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      That’s why the post advocates for public transport. So that we can have better options.

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    but this isn’t new technology where you can write a 100 bullshit news article about and prais it as the next big thing because it actually works and is efficient

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        Actually, as much as I dislike imperial units, when it comes to body temperature I do think in Fahrenheit. Mostly because that’s how my mum would tell if we were too sick to go to school. 99 - just a little ill, but you can have the day off. 100 - pretty ill, probably at least 3 days off. 101+ - super mega ill, off all week.

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      I believe England, GB maybe, is very much a mixed bag when it comes to measurement standards.

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          For some reason I think, driving distance is kilometers, while driving speed is miles per hour. Is that right?

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              If you read the Highway Code, you’ll learn that it’s all over the place. Long distances on signs are in miles. But distance markers are placed in metres. But emergency phones are placed every mile. And distance markers, which are placed in metres and indicate distances in meters can also have a distance to the next emergency phone in fucking yards. One sign, two numbers, no letters, two systems. FUCKING HELL!!!

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    The correct answer actually should -and could- be 0 gallons if they simply cycle to work. Granted, that requires them to have the right infrastructure available, but if (once) that existed, the vast majority of the work force could cycle to work happily. Most people don’t live 20 miles or more from where they work

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      Sure, I’d love to cycle 56km to and from work each day. Especially right after a night shift.

      We should just invent portals already.

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        56 kms is far, indeed. Thsts what you make public transportation for. Trains, busses.

        Well done, the would be more comfortable and faster than a car.

        However, I did 25 kms to and from every day. Took me 45 minutes and it was super healthy

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          45 minutes is a long time near nightfall, though… Honestly I’d rather take a bus at 5PM, even at 12km, since there are other people and it feels much safer.

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      It could also be 0 gallons if the busses are electrified, or if the rail system is expanded, or if we stop pushing office workers to commute every day.

      There are many routes to 0 emissions.

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        Oh sure.

        I’m just sayjt that we need to change the way we live. Like you said, people should not be required to work in offices anymore. If they physically need to be at locations, let them walk for short distances, cycle for medium distances and use public transportation for large distances.

        Most cities in the world have been redesigned over the past 80 years for cars. It’s insane and it left most cities awful places to live in. Almost all Dutch cities have been redesigned for people. So people walk and cycle because they can, and the cities look and feel amazing and beautiful.

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      How many gallons does the ambulance take to get the cyclist to the hospital after the hit and run?

      (Seriously tho bicycles ftw except in winter)

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        Less, probably, because cycling in on itself is safer than driving a car. Lower speeds, less mass, less injuries.

        Also, winter cycling.is awesome

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          I was being facetious; ambulance fuel use is a silly comparison :)

          Listening to all y’all winter cyclists I lament that I live in a city where the bike lanes are where the city piles up the snow it plows off the car lanes on the streets. RIP me. It gives me hope and happiness to know that there are cities that don’t do this!

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      Or maybe tell bosses that if your job can be done remotely it should be done remotely. Then there’s more room on the bus for people who need to be in meatspace to do their jobs.