daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netexternal-linkmessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down13
arrow-up1415arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square100linkfedilink
minus-squareMalyca@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoReally? I grew up there and didn’t know that.
minus-squarenullspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoA lot of cities had them. But they got in the way of profits.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agotl:dr for those that are interested. Car Companies bought public transit (buses and street cars mostly), and scrapped it, to force more sales of their cars as people could no longer get around easily without public transit.
Really? I grew up there and didn’t know that.
A lot of cities had them. But they got in the way of profits.
tl:dr for those that are interested.
Car Companies bought public transit (buses and street cars mostly), and scrapped it, to force more sales of their cars as people could no longer get around easily without public transit.