Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr...
by SergeAx on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:46AM
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No, this is because transit pass cannot fulfill ALL their needs of transportation, but mostly commuting.
Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr...
by jcranmer on Sunday November 17, 2019 @09:47AM
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That sounds like someone who has never even attempted to make that work.
Transit is least effective in suburbs, where you have to try very hard and basically live in exactly the right location to make a transit-only experience work. But in both large urban conglomerations and even in many small rural cities, it is actually quite effective to do all of your transportation needs using local transit.
It's already possible: a monthly transit pass is often in the $100-150 range. The fact that people have been choosing to forego viable transit options in favor of a much more expensive personal vehicle option for a long time is strongly suggestive of the fact that people really don't want to give up their cars.