[keiferski]

I once rode the bus across LA. Years and dozens of countries later, it is still probably the single worst public transit experience I've ever had.

It wasn't because of the bus itself, or the routes, or anything like that. But because the willingness of people to tolerate one passenger screaming, threatening others, refusing to move for a handicapped woman, etc.

American public transit is a cultural problem, not an infrastructure one.

[geremiiah]

Dude, I have only ever rode busses in Europe, but such incidents are bound to happen, even in the most posh areas of the continent.

[keiferski]

These incidents happen on a regular basis on public transit in California, and on that trip similar things happened to me a few other times. It's not comparable to European transit systems at all.

[bluGill]

Only because in Europe so many more people ride transit. The number of people who will be like that is generally fixed per population, and so if you have a lot of other (normal) people riding they a smaller %.

[kjkjadksj]

As a daily commuter on la metro bus and rail these incidents aren’t as common as people make out online. Nor do they ever really affect you when they happen.