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> I don't wish death, which is why I walked to the bus stop I live in NY. About 40 miles as the crow flies from NYC. Public transportation is unusable in my to

> I don't wish death, which is why I walked to the bus stop I live in NY. About 40 miles as the crow flies from NYC. Public transportation is unusable in my town... buses run about once an hour, give or take an hour on weekdays--forget about Sundays. How would you like trying get a sick child to a doctors appointment then going to a pharmacy? Need milk before a snow storm.. good luck. My point is the Vast majority of the USA is not geographically located in metropolitan areas. As a side: Metro North which I used when I worked in queens... is fricken expensive as hell and slow as molasses.

bluGill 7y ago
There is no reason your city cannot have a good public transport system. However it is for practical purposes not possible to get there. If everybody would ride (other than jobs like plumber where having tools/parts in the truck is part of the job) there would be more than enough demand to support transport coming often and going to the destinations you need just based on fares - which in turn would be cheaper than owning a car. However it is difficult to get from where we are to there. (Note that density is NOT required - though this level of service would drive density)
- RaceWon 7y ago
  > If everybody would ride (other than jobs like plumber where having tools/parts in the truck is part of the job) there would be more than enough demand to support Oh and one more thing; there are no sidewalks nor lighting on any of the residential streets in our town. When you walk here after dark you better damn well have a flashlight in your hand (most cellphones don't throw enough light far enough), futhermore if its rainy and foggy like it often is in summer or late autumn--dude it's no joke. My main concern when I drive here after dark is to Not hit a pedestrian, they are few and far between but still. My point is; we need car ownership here, will it always be this way? IDK, but that is the current reality and you're not going to change that anytime in the near future without years long infrastructure projects.

bluGill 7y ago

There is no reason your city cannot have a good public transport system. However it is for practical purposes not possible to get there. If everybody would ride (other than jobs like plumber where having tools/parts in the truck is part of the job) there would be more than enough demand to support transport coming often and going to the destinations you need just based on fares - which in turn would be cheaper than owning a car. However it is difficult to get from where we are to there. (Note that density is NOT required - though this level of service would drive density)

RaceWon 7y ago
> If everybody would ride (other than jobs like plumber where having tools/parts in the truck is part of the job) there would be more than enough demand to support Oh and one more thing; there are no sidewalks nor lighting on any of the residential streets in our town. When you walk here after dark you better damn well have a flashlight in your hand (most cellphones don't throw enough light far enough), futhermore if its rainy and foggy like it often is in summer or late autumn--dude it's no joke. My main concern when I drive here after dark is to Not hit a pedestrian, they are few and far between but still. My point is; we need car ownership here, will it always be this way? IDK, but that is the current reality and you're not going to change that anytime in the near future without years long infrastructure projects.