make public transit suck less
In most places in the US, a good first step would be: make public transit
i think public transit exists in most urban centers in america, is that not true?
A new study says services like Uber and Lyft are causing urban traffic woes
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Re: A new study says services like Uber and Lyft are causing urban traffic woes
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What about the people who are sub 100 IQ (namely about half the population) who don't really have the capacity to work in a highly trained job? You seem to just assume if we give people free stuff they will all go get PHD's. That's just simply a fantasy.
Or the people that don't want to, don't forget I didn't say "mandatory higher education," I said "free." It already is free for twelve years so it seems silly to think slapping on another 2-6 would be some massive burden against the expected returns. For those that don't want it or can't test into it because they literally are too stupid (this is after fixing inequal access to early education), there's no associated…
> For those that don't want it or can't test into it because they literally are too stupid (this is after fixing inequal access to early education), there's no associated cost. They just to to work, same as it was before.
I think you will find the IQ benefits of education itself is not really that large. I could be wrong but it seems like scientists are looking more into diet these days as bigger influencers than quality education.
Which is to say, of course there is contrast between a child who never goes to school and is just left to leisure around the house until they are adults to one that goes to a quality school that are beyond simply a diet but that in western countries, diets could be a bigger reason for poorer socio-economic populations scoring lower on IQ tests.
I think though that you would have to rebalance the culture when it comes to higher education before making it free because in countries like the USA, you already have too many people going to university and then going into non-skilled jobs despite the insane prices.
Lowering the price to free is only going to increase that when many kids see college as an experience more than a critical education for a high end role.
Re: A new study says services like Uber and Lyft are causing urban traffic woes
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While police and transit should deal with incidents that do inevitably happen, but I don't think fear of potential incidents is something they can fix. It may be that the person with the fear simply doesn't like to live in a large city.
I'm not just referring to large cities. The same fear of public transportation impacts small and medium cities throughout the Bay Area. Many people will continue to live in those cities, but choose to drive their own cars or use ride sharing services. It's a significant obstacle to increasing public transit usage and we'll have to find a solution if we want to reduce traffic congestion.
My sense is the bigger obstacle is the perception that only poor people (and perhaps the violent) take public transportation.