California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies

Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by lotsofpulp on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:17PM (#29356625)

> Once you make public transit be the most convenient

And public transit will never be convenient as long as human operators are needed because convenient public transit means a train or bus every 5 to 10 minutes at most, and that labor is extremely expensive.

And if you have to wait more than 5 minutes for public transit, especially in less than ideal weather, you are going to prefer a car. And once you have invested in a car, you are going to balk at the taxes need to provide public transit that has 5 minute intervals.

You also need Tokyo like density to make those rapid transit intervals make sense.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by morsch on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:33AM (#29358061)

I'm all for public transport arriving every five minutes, but you realize you don't have to chance it, right? Those vehicles keep a schedule. Just be there a minute early.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by lotsofpulp on Saturday November 27, 2021 @06:09AM (#29359279)

Not my experience with NJ transit, MTA, and BART. Especially buses.

I learned to build in huge volatility for travel times, having a car was incomparably more convenient than relying on buses.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by coryrc on Saturday November 27, 2021 @04:13AM (#29358807)

> Those vehicles keep a schedule

You clearly haven't used KC Metro. (Though like this thread is pointing out, not exactly their fault we don't give them dedicated lanes).

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