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Available public and semi public spaces are very directly related to homelessness and mass transit is such a space. I've lived in a variety of places and people
by king_jester 13y ago
Available public and semi public spaces are very directly related to homelessness and mass transit is such a space. I've lived in a variety of places and people still continue to use mass transit even if occupied by someone who is homeless. The issue is that doing something for members of society by undertaking free transit has to be coupled with tactics that address the inequalities that allow homelessness to be pervasive or to consume resources that aren't really meant to deal with homelessness.
- jlgreco 13y agoI'm having some trouble parsing your last sentence, but I think I agree. We need to have programs that tackle homelessness, but asking programs that have other mission statements to bear this burden is asking too much. Tackling homelessness itself is not the job of a transit department; their job is providing clean, safe, and effective transportation.
- king_jester 13y agoTotally agree. I just like to point out that transit systems do have a relationship with homelessness, but of course they are not suited to completely handle that social problem and there needs to be a more comprehensive approach to address social inequality.