Not a US citizen and don’t know enough about geography, but even though I’m a very avid anti-car person, many people do depend on cars there given that the US is that big. Plus in a situation like this where you’d ideally want to evac as quickly as possible, I do quite get that struggle.
Do let me know if I’m missing something here though
America is car dependent because that’s how the infrastructure was build up, not because of its size. Like, the highways are just as long as the train lines would be.
Florida has a population density greater than France (400per sqmi vs 300 per sqmi for France) so there is zero excuse for any east coast state to be this car dependent. Florida could have easily built denser communities connected by public transit allowing them to preserve more of their wetlands to greatly reduce their risk of flooding.
![[image] Hurricane Milton (Florida) evacuation challenges for car dependency](https://lemmy.vg/pictrs/image/4644251d-ef46-4f5c-8783-510de93c2ee1.png){kind=link}
Not a US citizen and don’t know enough about geography, but even though I’m a very avid anti-car person, many people do depend on cars there given that the US is that big. Plus in a situation like this where you’d ideally want to evac as quickly as possible, I do quite get that struggle.
Do let me know if I’m missing something here though
Short-term, missing fuel in the US is a humanitarian issue.
Long-term, there’s much unused leverage to prevent or circumvent or lessen crisis mobility shortages.
America is car dependent because that’s how the infrastructure was build up, not because of its size. Like, the highways are just as long as the train lines would be.
Yes: missing car fuel and road space
Ay gotem
Florida has a population density greater than France (400per sqmi vs 300 per sqmi for France) so there is zero excuse for any east coast state to be this car dependent. Florida could have easily built denser communities connected by public transit allowing them to preserve more of their wetlands to greatly reduce their risk of flooding.