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But it is a strong argument to people to take the initiative to live where transit is feasible rather than live where it's not and complain about it. I live a
by Johnny555 9y ago
But it is a strong argument to people to take the initiative to live where transit is feasible rather than live where it's not and complain about it.
I live a 10 minute bike ride from a park-and-ride bus stop where I have several bus line options to get to work, my bike+bus commute is faster than my driving commute because the bus takes the express lanes (and can legally drive on road shoulders in some places). I do a full bike commute some days, but it takes about twice as long by bike as it does by bike+bus, so I don't do it all the time. If I didn't want to bike to the bus, there's a local bus that runs a block away from my house that I could take to the park and ride.
But I didn't end up with this transit accessible commute by accident, I purposely chose where I live so I could take transit.
- jstanley 9y agoThat only works for people who already want to take the bus. If you like your car and you don't like buses, why would you pay any attention to the buses when choosing where to live? You don't win people over by saying they need to go out of their way to come over to your side, you win people over by showing how good your alternative is. Buses are great if you're poor, but otherwise they're very inconvenient everywhere I've ever lived.