• Eiri@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    They will truly do anything not to admit the problem is cars

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      No they aren’t. They’re saying smarter traffic systems are an improvement over what we have now. I’ve looked in the article and nowhere do they say cars aren’t a problem, or that emissions is down to traffic lights not cars.

      I see so many examples on here and on Reddit of people letting perfect be the enemy of good.

      Whether we like it or not, cars will be around for a while. It makes no sense to put zero effort into improving efficiency in the meantime. You don’t have to be so all-or-nothing.

      • deltamental@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Yes, and such intelligent systems can also optimize for pedestrian traffic, reducing the time waiting for a walk light, monitor bike lane usage, track dangerous intersections, improve emergency response times, prioritize buses and trams, etc. It’s good for people to be gathering this data and trying to make things better.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      It‘s even worse. You need mass surveillance and strip away human rights to do it the way China does it. And I am sorry, but that‘s not worth it. There are countless better ways to deal with climate change because in the end of the day it‘s still a self serving mission for the most part.

        • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 days ago

          Privacy obviously. They collect everything about their citizens and use it in every system. They‘re not some super advanced country that simply does tech better than everyone else, they just hoard more data than anyone and use it carelessly everywhere.

        • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 days ago

          Your bad faith argument aside, they absolutely do use technology that violates human rights and integrate it in this system. Think about why smart cities are controversial and amp it up to 11. That‘s China managing their population. Point systems that prevent you from air travel or entering other provinces because you dared criticize the almighty government do violate the basic human right of free speech and control traffic at the same time.