• FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Didn’t watch the video, but the transit system forced my hand to buy a car. I resisted until I was left stranded multiple times in sub freezing temps watching my half full bus ignore the stop I was at.

    Vowed never again. It’s been almost a decade now and no plans to ever take public transit again.

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      2 months ago

      Generally when public transit is bad, it’s bad on purpose.

      There’s an insane amount of money flowing to keep people from ditching their cars, and actively rat-ficking any meaningful step that could be taken to fix public transit.

      • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I feel like a conspiracy nutjob, but I can’t see another reason for it sometimes.

        The last bus in my city is about 10-20 minutes before most theater shows end in our downtown. So I can take the bus to go see a show, but I can’t take one back unless I rudely leave during the final scene. Same deal for things like bar trivia. It’s like they want people to drive drunk.

        And I can’t feasibly walk home because there’s two goddamn highways bisecting the city that make getting from downtown to my neighborhood take five times as long to walk as it should.