tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post7188757260964398839..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: 4 reasons why Americans don't ride public transitBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-57307418568791803232017-01-15T01:46:02.257-05:002017-01-15T01:46:02.257-05:00Mass transit is impractical if you're hauling ...Mass transit is impractical if you're hauling any amount of cargo (anything that won't fit in a briefcase or backpack). Good luck getting your groceries home on the bus!azmountaintrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009527590383698138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-39049668567830638962017-01-13T18:38:14.233-05:002017-01-13T18:38:14.233-05:00We already have a mass transit system.
It's c...We already have a mass transit system.<br /><br />It's called the automobile.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-54025242738795664392017-01-13T10:05:58.854-05:002017-01-13T10:05:58.854-05:00I can make sense, sometime, in a confined region, ...I can make sense, sometime, in a confined region, like San Francisco.<br />Buses or trolleys every 5 minutes, and the city is 9 miles across.<br />Manhattan is 13 miles long.<br />MY town (Phoenix "the Valley of the Sun") is more than 6X the width, and involves multiple (sometimes feuding) municipalities.<br /><br />Obviously, not not for everywhere.<br /><br />gfa<br /><br />Guffaw in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356210589713923042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-45134990236363540652017-01-13T07:26:30.996-05:002017-01-13T07:26:30.996-05:00then there is stuff like this:
http://abc7chicago...then there is stuff like this:<br /><br />http://abc7chicago.com/weather/south-shore-passengers-stuck-for-more-than-5-hours/1698752/<br /><br />THis NEVER happened when the train line was a private company....now that it is Public Transportation service SUCKS. <br /><br />5 hours...over a 1/4"(or less) of ice.B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-74885827195801228602017-01-13T07:03:06.096-05:002017-01-13T07:03:06.096-05:00As to security, most of the places with highly dev...As to security, most of the places with highly developed transit systems (NYC, SF, DC, Boston) have largely disarmed their citizens, though not the criminals, of course. This makes the security problem even worse. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416410052064018322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-86716653785440863832017-01-13T06:46:56.011-05:002017-01-13T06:46:56.011-05:00Also, they won't let me put my rifle in the tr...Also, they won't let me put my rifle in the trunk.Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32323296826529549132017-01-12T16:53:29.599-05:002017-01-12T16:53:29.599-05:00I would use public transit if my car were broken, ...I would use public transit if my car were broken, and it's was too snowy to ride a bike, but really, my city's small enough that to get from anywhere to anywhere, door to door, the speed of a car is approximately the same as the speed of a bike, and the speed of public transit is approximately the same as the speed of walking.Feather Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295997298154977506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-52268314322888268372017-01-12T13:43:06.569-05:002017-01-12T13:43:06.569-05:00And, for a significant number of us, we need a car...And, for a significant number of us, we need a car to GET to the Public Transit. <br /><br />B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.com