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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Warpy

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6. The T in Boston is great

Reply to Rond Vidar (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 01:59 PM

Oct 2015

It's such a small city in area that it's relatively quick and even when I was going from the end of one line to the end of another, riding rail was smooth enough I was able to read or knit, not as easy in a herky-jerky bus trying to go through traffic. Besides, Boston traffic is nuts. When I had a car, I used it to get out of the city, not around it.

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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