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[–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

Yeah well buses are for poor people. So nobody gives a shit about buses or their infrastructure.

If we really wanted buses to be a dominant public transportation system then there would be smaller local buses going on regular loops from housing complexes to stores or to other forms of infrastructure. We would design our housing to be even in a suburban area serviced by buses and shopping centers and whatever else you needed but instead of forcing everyone to buy a car and telling them it’s convenient.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Suburban sprawl car infrastructure bus is not really compatible with public transportation. Until we start building more dense housing and planning public transportation utilities etc. with all of that in mind it’s not going to change.

    You also have the additional issue of existing infrastructure and converting that over to something that would work with any type of public transportation. And we all know none of that shits gonna change. If you want a good example of that look at all the small towns that are connected to Boston via the T, and how the residents and the small towns refused to allow the building of dense housing and are battling it out with the transportation Authority who refuses to upgrade their service or to keep their service going to the town unless there is more dense housing.

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