Contrary to author the only difference between a transit service with buses and one with cars is how many people you can fit...pic.twitter.com/yDEeUq6s4z
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It would exclude poor, elderly, or illegal riders who are commuting to a 9-5 office job in downtown SF from a few specific neighborhoods...
...but if they don't fit that trip profile, then it doesn't matter how rich, young, or naturalized they are: it won't be useful for them.
"Not because people don't want to ride" Are you sure about that? Especially since routes have been cut and modernization hasn't happened?pic.twitter.com/R5yIHpB2e6
Clearly the *absence* of pressure from Lyft et al hasn't allowed bus transit to thrive or even keep up. Lack of alternatives...
...hasn't been enough to keep people from avoiding the bus if at all possible.
Why AREN'T transit systems adapting? Why SHOULDN'T someone, anyone, try to provide better transit than the present mess?pic.twitter.com/6pyMV8OfGn
The threat of governments cutting service due to hypothetical but not actual alternatives from Lyft is real, but if you know those types...
...of local government, you also know that they will use any excuse in the book. "More people biking now? Great, let's cut transit." etc
The author's premise here seems a lot closer to "I would rather transit be miserable to ride and constantly losing money..."
"...than for it to be in the hands of the evil, wicked, private sector." Well, as a guy who commutes 2 hours a day by bus, I disagree.
I don't expect Lyft is interested in, or even capable of, replacing MUNI or other transit providers. It's not going for the same market.
But if they did, and if their transit was more pleasant to ride and less expensive to operate--how, exactly, would that be a bad thing?
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