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Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy (www.nbcnews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40818280

If there's anything we should take from Japan, it's treating cars like second class citizens behind transit instead of the other way around. The cute tiny cars are more a side effect of that.

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I don't hate the idea of making Kei cars available for niche needs. I live in a small town and I can commute and get groceries without ever going on the highway. The town is too small for public transit to be any good (seriously it takes a 1 hour bus ride with transfers for a drive that would take 12 minutes in a car). But a kei car would be perfect for this.

Also kei trucks are amazing. If it can convince some people to not daily drive a huge pickup truck just in case they need to move a couch one day it would be worth it.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When I was in nyc a few weeks ago, I saw Amazon delivery cargo bicycles/tricycles that seemed to work great in that environment, and despite the weather. I’m sure a big part of it was the protected bike lanes are everywhere, but delivery by those must be much faster and safer than trying to navigate a truck across Manhattan. Some of those were as big as Kei cars

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago

I find that people who own big trucks are also happy when they get the opportunity to use the big truck to help others move furniture. It's like a boat - always better to know someone who owns a boat rather than own the boat