First bit is infuriating: troublesome riders SHOULD be booted from the service, they are a major factor in turning people away from buses!pic.twitter.com/KKEHgXhVz1
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...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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