consider for example if transit were *primarily* intended for the blind, marketed accordingly, with a widespread assumption that nobody with good vision would need it this is kind of what we do now, except re: the poor
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you have to put a service out there that's useful for everyone--but you don't accomplish this by specifically designing it for marginal cases, or more precisely, those w least choice abt their circumstances (distracted person can pay attention more easily than blind one can see)
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a transit service that's frequent and extensive enough to be useful for people who have other ways to get around is more or less guaranteed to be useful for people who don't--plan accordingly!
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"Frequent and extensive" are important ofc because they are how transit accomplishes the "anytime, anywhere" functions, respectively, that in the USA are generally left to cars
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Other important aspects of transit, like a clean orderly environment and reasonable prices, are important for businesses in general (business as in a financially viable way to consistently provide services)
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