And there it hits again: the core of the issue is not the bus agency, but the lack of support for excellent public transit.
Build another car lane, it gets filled up immediately.
Build a bus lane, have buses drive regularly between areas of cities, connect cities with each other by train, and you’ll see it’s much better. Lack of bus lanes, bicycle lanes and paths, trains, is an abject policy failure caused by short-sighted capitalist lobbyists.
But yes, I don’t blame the agency nor you. I however do blame those politicians that claim “there’s not enough funding”. Yeah no, the cars get a lot of funding already. From building and renewing shittons of roads to building gigantic parking spots that heat up everyday in summer, car lease fraud schemes, and more.
What man needs, is much better public transit, actually walkable cities, and bicycle lanes. China can do it and that’s a big country. The EU can do it and that’s not even a country, but many relatively bourgeoise democratic countries that together are as big as the US. Switzerland can do it and that has mountaineous as fuck, rural areas.
And there it hits again: the core of the issue is not the bus agency, but the lack of support for excellent public transit.
I don’t control the busses. I don’t dictate to the busses when they need to come. I don’t dictate to the busses what routes they take, or where they will actually go. I can only accept whatever level of service they are willing to provide.
I do control my car. I do dictate to my car when it needs to go. I create the level of service I will receive.
The monetary price of a bus fare is significantly less than the cost of a car trip. But even with the absolute best public transit system, the opportunity costs vastly exceed the difference. An hour commute turns a $25/hr job into a $20/hr job. Employment and/or housing choices are limited: Job and home need to be on the same bus line, because a twice-daily transfer is just going to kill hourly earnings. And, of course, there is the premium on urban housing.
Between the time costs, the housing costs, and the restrictions on employment choices, busses are a massive cost borne primarily by the impoverished.
And there it hits again: the core of the issue is not the bus agency, but the lack of support for excellent public transit.
Build another car lane, it gets filled up immediately.
Build a bus lane, have buses drive regularly between areas of cities, connect cities with each other by train, and you’ll see it’s much better. Lack of bus lanes, bicycle lanes and paths, trains, is an abject policy failure caused by short-sighted capitalist lobbyists.
But yes, I don’t blame the agency nor you. I however do blame those politicians that claim “there’s not enough funding”. Yeah no, the cars get a lot of funding already. From building and renewing shittons of roads to building gigantic parking spots that heat up everyday in summer, car lease fraud schemes, and more.
What man needs, is much better public transit, actually walkable cities, and bicycle lanes. China can do it and that’s a big country. The EU can do it and that’s not even a country, but many relatively bourgeoise democratic countries that together are as big as the US. Switzerland can do it and that has mountaineous as fuck, rural areas.
I don’t control the busses. I don’t dictate to the busses when they need to come. I don’t dictate to the busses what routes they take, or where they will actually go. I can only accept whatever level of service they are willing to provide.
I do control my car. I do dictate to my car when it needs to go. I create the level of service I will receive.
The monetary price of a bus fare is significantly less than the cost of a car trip. But even with the absolute best public transit system, the opportunity costs vastly exceed the difference. An hour commute turns a $25/hr job into a $20/hr job. Employment and/or housing choices are limited: Job and home need to be on the same bus line, because a twice-daily transfer is just going to kill hourly earnings. And, of course, there is the premium on urban housing.
Between the time costs, the housing costs, and the restrictions on employment choices, busses are a massive cost borne primarily by the impoverished.