Comment on Too bad we can't have good public transportation
vga@sopuli.xyz 1 day agoI would say that there’s quite a lot of reason to believe that infrastructure investments can be one of the best ways to help poor people rise economically. Which has obvious paybacks.
worldbank.org/…/infrastructure-and-poverty-reduct…
This still requires creating infrastructure that is actually needed, otherwise it’s just wasting money.
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
And specifically consider how much we can help by not requiring all the expenses of owning a car. Transit and intercity rail could be among the best investments when you consider those indirect benefits. Such a shame that short sighted people want them to be profitable in utilization