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Your first point seems to be something that our local leaders still are not taking seriously enough. If I have to listen to or read warnings all around me to "k
by hisnameisjimmy 3y ago
Your first point seems to be something that our local leaders still are not taking seriously enough. If I have to listen to or read warnings all around me to "keep my eyes up and my phone down", I am not going to get a strong vibe of "I am safe and this is a nice time I am having".
I would add to #2, "Get them within a 5 minute walk without it taking twice as long". I am ok if public transit takes me up to 50% longer. But many trips are 1.5 to 2x as long when including transfers, and it's not cheap! Sometimes I have to pay multiple transit agencies to get to where I want to go.
- mcv 3y ago> If I have to listen to or read warnings all around me to "keep my eyes up and my phone down", I am not going to get a strong vibe of "I am safe and this is a nice time I am having". Exactly why I prefer public transport over cars. Driving is just lost time to me.
- dendrite9 3y agoI see plenty of people on their phones while driving too, it doesn't seem to stop them. I also do it occasionally, though I try to do better and just use it to check traffic maps while stopped at a light.
- chimeracoder 3y ago> Your first point seems to be something that our local leaders still are not taking seriously enough. If I have to listen to or read warnings all around me to "keep my eyes up and my phone down", I am not going to get a strong vibe of "I am safe and this is a nice time I am having". This is a difference between perception and objective reality. Public officials began this campaign of "educating" people about the "dangers" of public transit years ago, coincidentally right when crime was at its all-time historical low. The perception that the subway is unsafe was not actually grounded in any objective facts, but rather a response to the feedback loop generated between the media and public officials.