I’m 25 and I don’t have a drivers license. I mean, I’ve never really felt the need to go and get one. Public transport is usually the fastest option where I live, and it takes a lot less responsibility to use it.

But most people would still prefer driving, rather than using the public T. Why?

  • derf82@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    China has bullet trains that could get us safely and comfortably from one side of the country to the other in 4 hours.

    The fastest bullet train in the world is the Shanghai Maglev at 268 mph. New York to LA is 2,475 (great circle distance). Even if it could be in that shortest straight distance and there were zero stops, NYC to LA would be over 9 hours.