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Ridiculous. Americans are practical like anyone else. Transit in the US tends to be (much) slower than driving, so people drive. In the few places where tran
by nostromo 7y ago
Ridiculous.
Americans are practical like anyone else. Transit in the US tends to be (much) slower than driving, so people drive.
In the few places where transit actually works, like New York, Americans use it.
- briffle 7y agoMy last town, the bus at busy times would literally stop on every major corner to let on or off one person. Plus, there was no actual place for the bus to pull out of traffic, so every block, it would stop in the right lane. So the bus took at least 4 times longer to get to downtown, and caused TONS of frustration with other drivers, who were always frantic to get to the left lane to get around the bus. Tends to not leave a great impression on people. Now, if there was something like a BRT, with limited stops, out of traffic, with much faster loading, then that would probably really change its image in my town.
- jcranmer 7y agoBut there's no political will to fix transit, because that would help poor people who depend on it, and that money would be much better spent on all the rich people.