RICO’s Q — A video from the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) puts it this way: if you took all three million cars on Costa Rican roads and lined them up, the line of traffic would stretch for 8,000 kilometers—enough to reach from San José all the way to Alaska.
Transportation officials urge us to drive less: “For short trips, try walking, cycling, or taking public transport.”
But let’s flip that around for a second.
If we actually had a reliable public transportation system—which is MOPT’s job in the first place—most of us wouldn’t need to rely on our cars.
Imagine a metro. Buses and trains running 24/7. Real connections across the country.
Here’s a wild thought: what if the MOPT started by asking what people in Costa Rica actually need from their transportation system, and then built out solutions from there?
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