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I certainly see families on subways / bikes. I'm certainly not one of those families; my kids are typically transported like little mafia bosses in the back as
by cduzz 3y ago
I certainly see families on subways / bikes.
I'm certainly not one of those families; my kids are typically transported like little mafia bosses in the back as they plan their crimes.
My older kid, though, started going to a new school, that's quite far away and he walks down to the train station, gets on the train, gets off at the end of the line and takes a light rail subway 2 stops to his school. It's terrifying, as a parent, to send him off like that, but it's been wonderful for him and he's grown tremendously.
The most dangerous part of that commute, btw, is crossing the street to the train station -- it's 1/4th of a mile from my house, but that specific crossing kills a person every 18 months, almost to the day, and has for the past 15 years I've lived in this neighborhood. Any talk about fixing the problem, especially if the fix may inconvenience drivers, will provoke such rage as you wouldn't believe from otherwise seemingly sane people.
- junaru 3y ago> I certainly see families on subways / bikes. So metropolitan area. Do you think its by choice or necessity? The way i see it no one would take their sick kid to the doctors by subway/bike if they had a access to a car. > will provoke such rage as you wouldn't believe from otherwise seemingly sane people. That's human, we all participate in recreational outrage when it suits us be it drivers or those who oppose them. Sorry to hear about that crossing and hope your kids will be fine.
- cduzz 3y agoI know plenty of people in pretty affluent (well, relative to the earth, absurdly affluent) areas who have kids, a car, and still schlep their kids around by bike / train / (rarely) bus. When I lived there I had an old honda scooter I'd use to get around. Where I live now there are enough myopic elderly people driving champagne toyota camrys playing bumper cars that I don't feel safe operating a 2 wheeled vehicle. This is the "boston / oakland / summerville / cambridge" hipster zone. Some stick it out and some move to Marin or Andover. [edit] I should say -- I feel far safer putting my kid on a train than I would letting him carpool to school with other kids his age. Even with the very lethal street crossing. Kids are terrible drivers, especially if you put more than one of them in the car at the same time.