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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Chan790

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7. Often the systems are sub-par.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:01 PM

Oct 2015

I live in the Hartford suburbs. The transit system blows so nobody uses it so they don't improve it so people continue to not use it so there is no motivation or capital to improve it.

In the end though, we have a shitty transit system that nobody uses because it's shitty.

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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