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Nearly every comment on the NYT site makes the same point: buses are unreliable, and filled with homeless, mentally unstable or drugged people who make them a t
by fmajid 7y ago
Nearly every comment on the NYT site makes the same point: buses are unreliable, and filled with homeless, mentally unstable or drugged people who make them a terrifying experience. What is the response of cities? Kneecap the alternatives like Uber/Lyft, or spend taxpayers' money not on fixing those two problems but on ridiculous ideas like paying people to take the bus. Almost as if the people are here to serve the bus and not the other way around.
- linuxftw 7y agoWait until these people are running your healthcare. It's gonna be epic.
- duxup 7y agoAre uber and lyft really bus alternatives?
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoNo, and before de Blasio kneecapped them they were on track to causing massive, bus delaying, gridlock.
- spikels 7y agoFor some people for some purposes at some times. A good transport infrastructure should be multimodal (i.e. lots of competing options). Thoughtful regulators can balance these interests to provide diverse options. However - as pointed out above - regulation can also be used to stifle competition to connected interests.
- paulie_a 7y agoIt was for me in Chicago. Door to door service I could use my commuter benefits on.