Every time an ignorant person says bicycling and public transit would never work in America like it does in Europe…
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Just pensively thinking I wondered did the automakers in Detroit think about the adverse effects of , “everybody owning a vehicle ” would put on the population decades later.
I could remember my grandfather telling me when he first came to Detroit how incredible the trolley and bus system was until all that was gutted for the interstates.
I could remember my grandfather telling me when he first came to Detroit how incredible the trolley and bus system was until all that was gutted for the interstates.
The difference in price is well worth being able to come and go on demand.$230 vs $670 a month
"But but but...MUH FREEDOMS!!"
That money out people's pockets makes them more slaves than they think.
Fat lazy people who live in podunk shytvilles have a problem with this. No one with sense does.
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Actually, you could take a bus nearly anywhere in Detroit back in the 90s. Most kids, including myself, took city buses to High School. The school would just give you a bus pass. Folks here in Boston can't even fathom the idea.
Yep, I took the bus all through out my 8th grade year - Grand River. It wasn’t as reliable as my grandfather said the the bus/trolley systems were in the 1930/40s. He said they would come every 10 minutes on the nose.
Grand River bus was never that reliable
