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You can read on the train but you can't read while driving.

Surprising nth order effects of city planning, the more car-centric your culture is, the less time the average person has for books

you can't read while driving

Hence audiobooks (and more generally, podcasts)

Surprising nth order effects of city planning, the more car-centric your culture is, the less time the average person has for books

Perhaps this could be a selling point here in the UK. Yes your very late train has once again been cancelled and you now have to get a place on the replacement bus service, but at least you've had some time to read!

The stance I'd have is the less travel-centric your life is, the more time you have for reading (or anything else). Big tech making more remote work feasible has opened this up a lot more than city planning can.

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