• Rivalarrival
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    3 months ago

    The “transit” part is fine. Extraordinary. You don’t have to convince anyone that it’s a good idea to be able to get from A to B as quickly, cheaply, and efficiently as possible. Everyone loves the “transit” part.

    I work ~260 days a year. That’s 520 commuter trips. On how many of those trips am I going to witness something that will have me turning on my camera, and turning the video over to police?

    The debate isn’t about cars vs trains. The debate is about what deodorant you wear, what laundry detergent I use, what needles we step over, whether that brown stain is chocolate or excrement, and whether that urine in the corner is dog or human.

    The “transit” part is great. It’s the “public” part where shit always goes sideways. When we can fix the “public” part, nobody will need convincing on the “transit”.