LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in downtown

Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by C1sc0cat on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:26AM (#20642761)

I have a similar problem also in the UK (next door in Bedford) - That is the problem a lot of proponents of public transport don't want to address.

If you do want to get rich middle class people to use busses - you will have to accept that the services will have to have a lot more investment and increase in cost and be partially rebalanced away from servicing pensioners and to be blunt poorer workers.

The problem is local councils prioritise bus service in order to cater to the urban users who are mostly pensioners "granny farming"

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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by bartread on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:28AM (#20644896)

> and be partially rebalanced away from servicing pensioners and to be blunt poorer workers.

Having been both dirt poor and relatively affluent more than once, and growing up poor, I'm not really sure buses do an adequate job for elderly or poorer people either: they just use them because there are no other options. And in that context I'm deeply uncomfortable with any initiative that makes them less accessible for the elderly, infirm, or those with low income.

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Re:LA getting serious about lifting parking requirements in ... by C1sc0cat on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:46AM (#20645047)

This may be more a UK thing but since the over 60's bus pass was introduced that has distorted how bus travel is managed.

Also certainly where I am they pull busses off peak commuting times to make more $ bussing kids to school which effects both poor and better off workers

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