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I tried to do all of that, got rid of my car a couple years ago, live in one of the best cities in the US for public transit outside of NYC, and am constantly f
by BigRedDog1669 4y ago
I tried to do all of that, got rid of my car a couple years ago, live in one of the best cities in the US for public transit outside of NYC, and am constantly frustrated. I'm still glad I don't have a car right now but trying to figure out how to make it more pleasant. I sacrificed on neighborhoods I wanted to live in to be near a train stop and grocery. There aren't many apartments outside of a handful that don't require a car. My city doesn't give accurate transit information so when I'm waiting for a bus that should come every 15-30 minutes sometimes I wait up to an hour because a bus was cancelled with no indication so I can change my plans. Escalators and elevators in public transit stations are broke 50% of the time it seems, sometimes making it necessary to cross streets to go to another station entrance, which starts to matter when you need multiple connections. City has parking spots everywhere, not hard to find except central downtown, but cars also park in bike lanes and on sidewalks. There is no enforcement of bike lanes, in fact motorcycle cops speed down them. People blame bikers for traffic problems, but never people speeding or blowing red lights in their cars, no enforcement of that either.