big problem with buses and any trains (streetcars, light rail, whatever) that run in mixed traffic is that *they get less reliable exactly when traffic is heaviest,* which ought to be when they're most attractivehttps://twitter.com/alon_levy/status/1022891688501624833 …
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Replying to @380kmh
Sure, but worse traffic congestion should increase subway ridership rather than decreasing it.
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Replying to @alon_levy
only where subways exist (and assuming they don't have the other problems you brought up downthread)
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Replying to @380kmh
But Schaller is specifically talking about the context of New York's 2015 -> present subway ridership decline.
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Replying to @alon_levy
Didn't follow the quote-RT thread far enough to catch his article--I was just riffing on your tweet, since you said "American" (and it's certainly a trend outside NYC too)
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