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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Jun 15 15:17:42 2021, in response to Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Jun 14 12:03:44 2021. Here we expect people to give up comfortable cars and use overcrowded mass transit.No, we expect people to give up their inefficient, polluting, dangerous, and space-wasting automobiles for a revamped and well invested into public transportation system that will comfortably take them from Point A to Point B in a fast and efficient manner. Even when there is plenty of demand, they won’t increase service so that people are comfortable. And now they want to make buses less convenient by reducing coverage, straightening routes requiring longer walks, and eliminate buses where there are nearby subways. Public transportation operates on a budget, a budget that oftentimes isn't enough to pay for the amount of service that the agency truly wants to provide. Taxpayers can fix this, but choose not to because a lot of them drive (many of them driving by force) and are selfish and apathetic to the needs to public transit users. You also have to consider the fact that bus ridership and thus revenue has been trending downwards for years now because of ride sharing companies and increased gridlock. In a "hostile" environment like this it makes sense to reduce duplication and straighten routes so that they get from Point A to Point B in a decent amount of time despite the increased gridlock. Yet government wants to reduce our freedom of choice and force us to use the modes they want us to use, subways or biking. Until there are serious improvements in mass transit, I will continue advocating not making life more difficult for those who would rather drive. If driving is such a "free" mode of transportation, then how come so many people are forced to do it? Why are our government issued IDs Driver's Licenses? Come on man, you were talking about automobile and oil company conspiracies earlier, but it looks like you sipped some of their Kool Aid yourself! And I am not talking about phony improvements like bus lanes and TSM. Those are the only improvements that the public will tolerate more often than not, and even then the public will moan and groan about losing parking. |
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