> Does that make public transit "a prison"? No. It makes that specific type of low quality public transport a prison. Following the metaphor, a low-security pr

> Does that make public transit "a prison"? No. It makes that specific type of low quality public transport a prison. Following the metaphor, a low-security prison, or house arrest, but one none-the-less. Good public transit needs headways no more than about 10 minutes apart, not 30 minutes, and it needs to run much later than 10pm, and even later on Friday and Saturday nights to provide a good alternative to drunk driving.