Vansh Patel on Domestic Transportation
Vansh Patel
Domestic Transportation
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 Luca, I think you bring up an excellent point about how the American infrastructures uh regarding transportation far lacks uh when compared to European counterparts.
- 0:12 I think when you take a look at uh our major cities such as Atlanta, uh New York, LA, like you mentioned, we just don't have as much of a walkable environment as some of these European cities have.
- 0:26 Uh I think it mostly correlates with Atlanta.
- 0:30 We uh the addition of the belt line uh is a transition to a walkable city for us.
- 0:36 But as of now, we typically only have the uh MARTA system and uh a car dependent highway system.
- 0:46 Uh I think most European cities have taken advantage of the walk or the walkable cities.
- 0:52 Uh yeah.
- 0:53 I think it does good for the health of the populations, but I think it also benefits just transportation, the rail system.
- 1:02 Uh how pretty much the entire Europe is connected through these rails and then the cities are walkable dependent.
- 1:09 I think it boosts the happiness and quality of life of its members and I think it's something the US really needs to needs to add.
- 1:17 Uh I think we just have so much more space and land than Europe in general that we really had no choice but to expand uh with our highways and our roads.
- 1:30 I think car dependency is necessary in America the way we set it up.
- 1:35 But I think a lot of cities are transitioning to uh that European style.
- 1:41 I think the belt line is an example of the US really trying to make uh to make us feel like a community uh with each city uh having housing, entertainment, food, necessities all in one place uh that's walkable.
- 1:58 I think it's really beneficial to its members and I hope to see more of it throughout the US.