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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by nostromo on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:29PM (#21808114)
Ridiculous.

Americans are practical like anyone else. Transit in the US tends to be (much) slower than driving, so people drive.

In the few places where transit actually works, like New York, Americans use it.

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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by briffle on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:52PM (#21808371)
My last town, the bus at busy times would literally stop on every major corner to let on or off one person. Plus, there was no actual place for the bus to pull out of traffic, so every block, it would stop in the right lane.

So the bus took at least 4 times longer to get to downtown, and caused TONS of frustration with other drivers, who were always frantic to get to the left lane to get around the bus. Tends to not leave a great impression on people. Now, if there was something like a BRT, with limited stops, out of traffic, with much faster loading, then that would probably really change its image in my town.

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