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Again, this is about the replacement of streetcars with buses. Anything streetcars did, buses did better and for more people. The idea that an interurban was s

Again, this is about the replacement of streetcars with buses. Anything streetcars did, buses did better and for more people. The idea that an interurban was superior to a humble Greyhound bus is a bit of wishful historical fiction. I grew up riding the bus. I still ride the bus. Buses are the unsung hero of public transit. We don't need them reinvented by people who refuse to ride them.

riffic 4y ago
The nugget of my reply you're moving past concerns automobile-centric planning and its extreme toll on the built environment, and those external costs. https://www.planetizen.com/definition/car-centric-planning https://www.planetizen.com/definition/car-centric-planning I don't really have time right now but I'm sure you could dive pretty deeply into things like racial prejudices in destroying neighborhoods to build freeways, or in how people who live near busy roads have increased rates of asthma or other health related issues. I really don't have time to do this but I'll leave the convo open for others to jump in if they'd like. I like buses too but I'm pretty pissed off how short-minded planners were in the early to mid-20th century when they decided to trash some really valuable infra.