I think it's difficult for a lot of people to imagine a functional public transit system. In my city (small, but still a city), our buses are scant and unreliable, there's no light rail, and Uber is the only way to and from the airport and Amtrak. How can the average person (drives their car to a workplace) be convinced that this ineffective, politically vulnerable system is worth investing in? I'm convinced this lack of trust in our transit is why our metro area sucks to travel in and is dying culturally.
nope, it's fucking MILES from anywhere remotely significant, just has an airport because someone decided it was a good idea
tbf, it kind of is, it gets quite a lot of traffic
for context it has slightly lower population than Naperville Illinois
I think it's difficult for a lot of people to imagine a functional public transit system. In my city (small, but still a city), our buses are scant and unreliable, there's no light rail, and Uber is the only way to and from the airport and Amtrak. How can the average person (drives their car to a workplace) be convinced that this ineffective, politically vulnerable system is worth investing in? I'm convinced this lack of trust in our transit is why our metro area sucks to travel in and is dying culturally.
Make them visit Japan. It at least separates out the disingenuous from the unimaginative.
Dude, you got an airport and call your city "small"?
tbf the closest airport to me is in a city that you would have no idea was a city unless someone told you
Weird, like an airport in a small city in the outskirts of a major city, or what?
nope, it's fucking MILES from anywhere remotely significant, just has an airport because someone decided it was a good idea
tbf, it kind of is, it gets quite a lot of traffic
for context it has slightly lower population than Naperville Illinois
Well, if it has traffic, it prob make sense.
Makes sense to me living not far from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton "International" Airport.
According to smart people, the reason transit was killed has a lot to do with racism, one way or another.