I think that the loniness epidemic could ve significantly fought if we built high quality public transit
This is because transit forces people to interact with their community while cars isolate us by making each of us move separately
Also transit makes it easier to move around, encouraging people to go out and do things that are part of a community
Let's say there is a farmer's market about 20 blocks from your house, this is a long way to walk but a very short distance to drive. It may seem like too much of a hassle to drive there even. But transit allows you to go that distance easily by walking a few blocks to the tram station, getting on and getting off at the market. By making it possible for you to go to the market conveniently, you are made to interact with people and no longer be on your own. It gives you a chance to meet and talk to people that you otherwise would not have had
thats a large part of it but can we talk about the destruction of community spaces
Obviously, I should actually make a post about how we have lost our community spaces due to bad urban design
