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To begin with, I love cars. I live in cities so I can have a great lifestyle, and to take advantage of all the city has to offer. So you and I are sort of think

To begin with, I love cars. I live in cities so I can have a great lifestyle, and to take advantage of all the city has to offer. So you and I are sort of thinking along the same lines, but making a different choice--for different reasons. I love cars so much that once we get this business profitable and I get enough income from it I will probably buy a convertible Bentley GT like this one: http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/glitters/b/bently_-8712.jpg http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/glitters/b/bently_-8712... I am not sure if people who drive their own car vs. ride on a bus are doing it out of any having less of a tolerance for the fistfights or other social problems though. I think that the convenience (and for some the prestige) of driving is why people drive rather than it being a cost point or service issue. I do not think public transportation will ever --draw--people out of their cars. To me it’s comparing apples to oranges. I love having a car and would really hate having to ride a bus or train. Although I do agree with you that public transit is lacking in some ways, in many places the cost is subsidized by the taxpayers to keep it affordable and it does serve to make life easier (and nicer) for people without a car. In times past, trains used to have separate cars for 1st class, 2nd class and 3rd class. Maybe given the current political climate the cities would be hostile to allowing a separate bus service to operate in this manner. A separate bus service that would be viewed as superior to the buses serving the general population might be frowned upon by the cities and for that reason be impossible to get going. Plus, what would stop the same problem causing riders from occasionally riding the upscale bus and causing the same problems.

lsc 17y ago
while there are outliers who would never drive or who would never take public transit, I think most of us will take the most convenient route from point A to point B. I do think that if public transit was the most efficient way to get from point a to point b, more people would use it. While I don't think adding 'luxury' features would draw many riders out of cars, I do think that if public transit was more convenient than driving, it would draw many people out of cars.
pbhjpbhj 17y ago
>I think that the convenience (and for some the prestige) of driving is why people drive rather than it being a cost point or service issue. FWIW as an anecdotal point - if I were richer I'd take the bus. If I were a lot richer I'd ditch the car and use the bus day-to-day, use a taxi for the weekly shop, hire cars for long journeys (or take the train). Basically I'd consider this the best balance of environmental impact, utility (we're a family of 4) and cost.

lsc 17y ago

while there are outliers who would never drive or who would never take public transit, I think most of us will take the most convenient route from point A to point B. I do think that if public transit was the most efficient way to get from point a to point b, more people would use it. While I don't think adding 'luxury' features would draw many riders out of cars, I do think that if public transit was more convenient than driving, it would draw many people out of cars.

pbhjpbhj 17y ago

>I think that the convenience (and for some the prestige) of driving is why people drive rather than it being a cost point or service issue. FWIW as an anecdotal point - if I were richer I'd take the bus. If I were a lot richer I'd ditch the car and use the bus day-to-day, use a taxi for the weekly shop, hire cars for long journeys (or take the train). Basically I'd consider this the best balance of environmental impact, utility (we're a family of 4) and cost.