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by northwest65
1100 days ago
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> attempts to improve alternative public transit will come at the cost of their commute It does, every 4 lane road we have changed to a 2 land road with cycle lanes has done that here. > They see public transit as an inferior form of transportation Well, it is. It doesn't go where people want to go any time they want to go there. Periodically people are assaulted using it, something you can avoid when using a car simply by locking your door. > and cycling as a hobby to pursue exclusively on sunny days. They're wrong about that however. Public transport sucks, it is unsurprising that people won't give up their car-centric lifestyle for it. |
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Which is, while some may disagree, an overall positive change. Road widening has shown time and again to have little impact on congestion. If you widen roads, more people will choose to drive; if you narrow them, more will choose alternative modes of transit.
https://www.nber.org/papers/w15376
> It doesn't go where people want to go any time they want to go there.
Mainly due to chronic underfunding and low ridership. The vicious cycle of "funding drops -> service quality drops -> ridership numbers drop -> funding drops -> ...".
> Periodically people are assaulted using it
On the topic of violence, many more injuries and deaths are attributable to passenger vehicles then all other forms of transit combined. Not to mention the long term health effect of exhaust on air quality with a city.
https://www144.statcan.gc.ca/nats-stna/tables-tableaux/tbl3-...
> Public transport sucks, it is unsurprising that people won't give up their car-centric lifestyle for it.
Unfortunately I'm one of them, and the reason why I bought a car in 2018 and haven't taken transit in town since.