Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "VICE News" channel.

  1. Cars still take too much space in cities.
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  2. "Go and figure out what influence they can possibly have in the world." Even if this had no effect on the outside world it's still a benefit to the people who can live in the places previously used for highways.
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  3.  @Dan-vz7xu  "it has the population the size of a small U.S state" Well, can't similar things then be done at the state level in the US?
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  4. Cars still take too much space in cities.
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  5. It is pretty efficient but the low share also tells of the fact that there's just a lot of other economic activity producing emissions aside from just transporting goods. There's electricity generation, heating, food production, and cement production to name a few.
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  6.  @SurprisinglyDeep  400k is big enough that there shouldn't be a highway inside the city.
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  7. Cars take too much space in cities.
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  8.  @WorldwideHypercars  I don't see a reason why they couldn't (other than that Helsinki doesn't have that good of a biking infrastructure yet) but you can also do those things by just walking or taking a bus. I'm also guessing that these highways aren't mostly used for trips to schools or grocery stores.
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  9. The size of NYC means that cars are even worse there than in Helsinki.
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  10. "So demolishing highways and build is just going to create ghost towns not increase the population." Hardly. This will contribute to Helsinki's population. There's demand for it if housing prices are any indication.
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  11. Fire one person? $400 per day is $146,000 per year. That's already a pretty high salary. Almost any ship's captain will make less than that (though some might come close).
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  12. Cars still take too much space in cities.
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  13. If you build housing where the highways used to be then the new inhabitants are already inside the city instead of needing to drive into it from outside.
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  14. Those huge transport ships have very low emissions per amount of goods transported. They're a very efficient way to transport stuff because they can be made large and thus they can benefit from economies of scale.
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