Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Warpy

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4. I used public transit as a kid in Charlotte. It was SLOW

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 03:54 PM

Oct 2015

and that's the real problem. When it takes 45 minutes to get downtown, you have to wait for your transfer bus to show up, and then it takes an hour to get where you're going, it gets onerous quickly. Light rail with limited stops would be quicker, but that city sprawls out all over the place and it would be difficult to build enough to serve the whole area. Plus, drivers would kvetch about the inconvenience of having to stop for trains and having some streets devoted to the train lines instead of traffic.

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Why People Don't Ride Public Transit in Small Cities [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 OP

Because it doesn't go where they want to go when they want to go, that's the simple answer. PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #1

Depends on where you're heading. I commute to Manhattan from CT MANative Oct 2015 #3

I used public transit as a kid in Charlotte. It was SLOW Warpy Oct 2015 #4

Second that. For the majority of Americans, public transit simply isn't as quick (or convenient) Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #5

The T in Boston is great Warpy Oct 2015 #6

I don't use public transportation but would gladly pay higher taxes for those that either.. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #2

Often the systems are sub-par. Chan790 Oct 2015 #7

I would rather be in my own car Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #8