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The Lost Subways of North America

2024/5/22
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Jake Berman讲述了北美城市公共交通系统发展历程中遇到的各种问题,包括洛杉矶红车系统的衰落,纽约地铁建设的缓慢,以及亚特兰大等城市地铁建设受种族主义影响的案例。他指出,一个成功的公共交通系统需要快速、频繁、可靠,并且能到达人们想去的地方。然而,由于政治僵局、经济利益、种族歧视等多种因素,许多北美城市的公共交通系统未能达到这些标准,导致城市过度依赖汽车,造成交通拥堵和环境污染等问题。 Roman Mars作为主持人,引导Jake Berman讲述了各个城市公共交通系统发展中遇到的问题,并补充了一些背景信息和数据。他强调了1956年联邦援助公路法案对美国城市规划的影响,以及加拿大温哥华在建设天车系统时吸取的教训。他指出,温哥华的天车系统是一个成功的案例,因为它采用了全自动的运行模式,降低了运营成本,提高了效率。

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Los Angeles actually used to have a massive electric railway system in the early 1900s, called the Red Car. Jake Berman, the author of The Lost Subways of North America), tells us about how, time after time, when North American cities seemed just inches away from having a robust, utopian future of fast, reliable, and convenient public transportation systems, something gets in the way. That thing is sometimes dysfunctional local politics, sometimes it’s bureaucracy. Sometimes it’s the way our infrastructure favors cars over mass transit, and too often, it’s racism.

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