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Wonder how many young people can spend 45 minutes without looking at their smartphone and how much internet use/addiction is pushing this trend?

HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
From my vantage point in an express bus on the freeway at rush hour, I can see into cars quite well. It's people of all ages staring at their phones while barreling down the interstate at 70mph. So no, I doubt being addicted to phones is driving Transit use!
bobthepanda 8y ago
People have always found things to do on the train: https://mcnyblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/35mm_10292_030d.jpg https://mcnyblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/35mm_10292_030d...
zjaffee 8y ago
I doubt it, the number of high schoolers getting their drivers license is by far the lowest it's been in a very long time.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  Because insurance rates for new drivers are perpetually going up, states pass more and more laws with hoops to jump through and the utility it less than it used to be thanks to the internet and smartphones. They will almost all get licenses when they get to a point in their life where the cost/benefit makes sense.
  - zjaffee 8y ago
    I mean getting you're license doesn't mean you will own a car and get insurance, it's certainly a life skill to know how to drive, where many schools are still providing services that people just aren't taking full advantage of.
francisofascii 8y ago
I wouldn't call it addiction. But rather, transit is much more of an enjoyable experience with a smart phone and headphones than 10 years ago when you just had a newspaper.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  I don't even look at the screen. I listen to podcasts, which I was doing ten years ago, but not fifteen to twenty years ago.
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
I suspect that, like most things that young people are spending less on, it's due to ever-growing financial insecurity. Interesting application of the avocado-toast argument, though.

HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago

From my vantage point in an express bus on the freeway at rush hour, I can see into cars quite well. It's people of all ages staring at their phones while barreling down the interstate at 70mph. So no, I doubt being addicted to phones is driving Transit use!

bobthepanda 8y ago

People have always found things to do on the train: https://mcnyblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/35mm_10292_030d.jpg https://mcnyblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/35mm_10292_030d...

zjaffee 8y ago

I doubt it, the number of high schoolers getting their drivers license is by far the lowest it's been in a very long time.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
Because insurance rates for new drivers are perpetually going up, states pass more and more laws with hoops to jump through and the utility it less than it used to be thanks to the internet and smartphones. They will almost all get licenses when they get to a point in their life where the cost/benefit makes sense.
- zjaffee 8y ago
  I mean getting you're license doesn't mean you will own a car and get insurance, it's certainly a life skill to know how to drive, where many schools are still providing services that people just aren't taking full advantage of.

francisofascii 8y ago

I wouldn't call it addiction. But rather, transit is much more of an enjoyable experience with a smart phone and headphones than 10 years ago when you just had a newspaper.

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
I don't even look at the screen. I listen to podcasts, which I was doing ten years ago, but not fifteen to twenty years ago.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago

I suspect that, like most things that young people are spending less on, it's due to ever-growing financial insecurity. Interesting application of the avocado-toast argument, though.