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That "five" people are people with disabilities but cannot afford the custom car, elderly people who can't see the road, blind people, people with random seizur
by chabska 2y ago
That "five" people are people with disabilities but cannot afford the custom car, elderly people who can't see the road, blind people, people with random seizures, people who don't have a financially-stable parent that can guarantee their first car purchase or loan them the money for their first beater car, people who just got out of prison and can't apply for a loan, single mothers thrown out of her house without anything from her abusive husband.
If the bus-riding experience is as dreadful as you imagine, then surely the people that still decides to do so despite all this are at their most absolute desperation. And you want to take away their last lifeline?
- whatever1 2y agoPeople use what is available. If your only option is a shitty bus that comes delayed every 90 minutes, you will use it. It still does not make it an optimal option. From supply chains we learned 1 thing. Multi-modal is the way. Have dirt cheap, high capacity main modes and have more expensive but more flexible last mile options. So in public transportation this means few high capacity train lines, and at the stations mini-vans / cars, e-bikes, evtols to do the last mile, from/to the origin/destination door. You can do this because you can rely on the train schedule. You cannot rely on the bus schedule.