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I honestly do not think I've ever heard someone say that taking mass transpo is faster. Even if it does take "forever" in a car, people do not mind sitting in t
by dylan604 1y ago
I honestly do not think I've ever heard someone say that taking mass transpo is faster. Even if it does take "forever" in a car, people do not mind sitting in their car "forever" compared to sitting with strangers "forever"
- tikkabhuna 1y agoObviously a very different view, but public transport in London (UK) is very much seen as faster than driving. The only reason someone would choose to drive is if they needed to transport something difficult to take on public transport.
- dylan604 1y agoDo other cities not consider buses as part of public transport? Are we limiting our discussion to trains/subway?
- t-writescode 1y agoIn Seattle proper and anywhere its transit is good, transit and walking are definitely preferable to cars.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoIt's called "rapid transit". That's exactly what the "rapid" part means - faster than a car. There are very few of these in the US. Chicago El, BART, but I'm unsure if there are any others.
- dylan604 1y agoMaybe I'm conflating my town's DART--Dallas Area Rapid Transit--with other cities' rapid transit, as DART includes buses which use the same city streets as cars, only the cars don't have to make stops at the bus stops like the "rapid transit" buses (which is their entire point of being). The DART train stations are few and far apart that they are really only useful for getting to/from the outskirts into town. For me to drive to my local rail station is roughly the same distance/time as to just drive downtown.
- JojoFatsani 1y agoBoston MBTA, NYC subway, LA metro, DC metro. Atlanta MARTA.
- jobs_throwaway 1y agoYou definitely hear this regularly discussed in NYC, where for many corridors transit is dramatically faster than driving.
- JojoFatsani 1y agoAlmost all.