Sure, if you deliberately are obtuse and think what others are saying are "widen the roads".
I don't wish to share my space/commute with drug addicts and literal human feces, I don't see why anyone in this world would prefer to do that, can you explain why since you prefer that?
> I don't wish to share my space/commute with drug addicts and literal human feces, I don't see why anyone in this world would prefer to do that, can you explain why since you prefer that?
If you spend an hour in literally any medium-sized European city you can see that public transport doesn't have to be like that given proper funding and a critical mass of ridership.
Why do you think tolerance of bad behavior is inevitable?
In one system near me I've ridden I've ridden hundreds of times and seen one example of really bad behavior ever and the person was kicked off.
In another in a big city they suffer from far more problems but even there most trips are trouble free.
In this system the dominant method of payment is by using a RFID card one swipes. Credit cards are not accepted and few use cash as it stands. If you are poor the cards are free.
One could strongly tie cards to identity, deprecate cash, and ban people who commit crimes on transit. Note if you don't have an ID you have a fingerprint.
Oh looks like you were caught smoking fentanyl 3 times on the bus no ride for you. Refuse to get off get a free ride to jail and unpleasant detox.
Most of the trouble is literally 0.001% of riders. It's not like most bus riders are offensive drug addicts.
What a weird statement. Here in Switzerland, public transport is great and arguably preferable to using a car (although quite expensive as everything here is).
It's always a question of how much is invested. If, like in the US, little is invested in public transport then it is inevitably also going to be pretty bad.
latency-guy2|2 years ago
I don't wish to share my space/commute with drug addicts and literal human feces, I don't see why anyone in this world would prefer to do that, can you explain why since you prefer that?
snakeboy|2 years ago
If you spend an hour in literally any medium-sized European city you can see that public transport doesn't have to be like that given proper funding and a critical mass of ridership.
happytiger|2 years ago
You have a very skewed version of what things should look like. Travel more!
michaelmrose|2 years ago
In one system near me I've ridden I've ridden hundreds of times and seen one example of really bad behavior ever and the person was kicked off.
In another in a big city they suffer from far more problems but even there most trips are trouble free.
In this system the dominant method of payment is by using a RFID card one swipes. Credit cards are not accepted and few use cash as it stands. If you are poor the cards are free.
One could strongly tie cards to identity, deprecate cash, and ban people who commit crimes on transit. Note if you don't have an ID you have a fingerprint.
Oh looks like you were caught smoking fentanyl 3 times on the bus no ride for you. Refuse to get off get a free ride to jail and unpleasant detox.
Most of the trouble is literally 0.001% of riders. It's not like most bus riders are offensive drug addicts.
sureglymop|2 years ago
thewakalix|2 years ago
> If cities want better traffic, spend more money renovating or widening roads...