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For the love of everything holy, some of us just dont want public transit - especially having seen the horrors of most public transit options even in the best m

For the love of everything holy, some of us just dont want public transit - especially having seen the horrors of most public transit options even in the best managed nations and conditions. From one of my previous comments on a different post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19638171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19638171 - - - - Reducing the number of cars (and therefore traffic) on the roads will benefit everybody You seem to have a rose-tinted view of the world we live in. Have you ever had to commute in less-than-ideal conditions? Heavy snow? Sleet? Black ice? Have you ever lived in places that are not perfectly flat? or lived in places that are hot that make bicycling unfeasible? Did you have sporting gear / work gear that you had to lug? Did you know some people have to fetch their own gear to work Did you have to take calls during transit? Did you know its common practice for employees to call into meetings during their commute and/or help assist operations via conference calls? Have you had to shop for more than a baguette or a bagel at a store? You know how cumbersome that gets for even a family of three? Do you have the slightest clue how much casual violence and crime happen on public transit?[1] Not to belabor the point but there simply are dozens of cases where bicycles or public transit just don't cut it. Not to mention the hygiene, personal safety (from other passengers for example) and personal space aspects involved in someone choosing a mode of transportation other than public transit or bicycling. Ride-sharing, autonomous vehicles and emission-free vehicles should all alleviate the issues we currently face with traffic, parking and accidents. However doing away with cars or vehicular traffic is just pollyannaish madness. [1] Teen robbed at gunpoint at Fruitvale, BART officer says writing a report is a 'waste of resources' https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/bart-police-refuse-report-video-phone-call-oakland-13760013.php https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/bart-police-refuse-repo... - - - - edit: formatting

naravara 7y ago
> Ride-sharing, autonomous vehicles and emission-free vehicles should all alleviate the issues we currently face with traffic, parking and accidents. No they won’t. This is just willful self-delusion on the part of transit haters. Most of your concerns are either just plain petty (like, just wear headphones if you don’t like hearing other people) or lacking in perspective (cars kill way more people than whatever safety concerns on a transit system you want to gussy up).

naravara 7y ago

> Ride-sharing, autonomous vehicles and emission-free vehicles should all alleviate the issues we currently face with traffic, parking and accidents. No they won’t. This is just willful self-delusion on the part of transit haters. Most of your concerns are either just plain petty (like, just wear headphones if you don’t like hearing other people) or lacking in perspective (cars kill way more people than whatever safety concerns on a transit system you want to gussy up).