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Americans hate hate hate public transit. If you are “successful”, you show it by having a car. Transit stations are almost always in the worst location, becaus
by bleair 8y ago
Americans hate hate hate public transit. If you are “successful”, you show it by having a car.
Transit stations are almost always in the worst location, because a good location has such high land value it’s financially impossible to justify just a public transit station.
Also, Unlike japan where stations can also be commercial spaces resulting in both revenue and making the transit location super popular, in the us transit locations of course have to be public land and government can’t be seen profitable leasing out said land (unless it’s for a sports team :p)
- rland 8y agoA big component is the class issue. Since dialogue about class is verboten, it is never discussed. We are building a trolley line in San Diego to alleviate car traffic along a main freeway artery (Downtown -> UTC). There were several lawsuits along the route from property owners. A complaint which surfaced again and again was: "building a trolley station near my house will cause a decline in the neighborhood because there are homeless people and druggies near the trolley stations." Never mind that a multi-million dollar train line is being built right in your neighborhood. If you own property in San Diego, you will never take the train. Because the train is for homeless people and drug addicts.