GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEADS FOLKS:pic.twitter.com/0tKteIdgBZ
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It turns out that when you give people clean frequent transit that serves all trip purposes, they prefer to live near itpic.twitter.com/3HRKORcROb
This is kind of stupid: why exactly would anyone be surprised to find that people with less money are more inclined to avoid spending money?pic.twitter.com/pBIuf0EzI6
This is unbelievably stupid and reckless framing: an effective bus network and a rail network ARE COMPLEMENTARY, NOT ADVERSARIAL.pic.twitter.com/0kSDN9GCsp
Calling the bus the "rival" of the train is like calling the expressway the rival of the arterial
Overall takeaways: what did Seattle do? - Dedicated ROWs for buses on major streets - Added frequency vs expanding coverage - Adopted unified fare medium for their various transit providers - Avoided budget shortfalls thru new taxes - Employer buy-in thru subsidized passes
And one which didn't quite fit: THEY FOCUSED ON KEEPING THE BUSES CLEAN
THANK YOU Every time I see Jarrett Walker or some other transit expert whinging about Uber killing transit, my reaction is: look at Seattle. If transit is actually good, people will use it. Uber is not killing transit. It's filling the vacuum left by awful transit.
I think Walker's issue with Uber is more fair than that: he is concerned more about public officials neglecting their duty to improve transit and instead assuming that Uber will just pick up the slack and render transit obsolete
If that's the case then I'm 100% in agreement with him. Uber isn't a cure-all. But arguments from him (and many others, I don't mean to target him specifically) often don't make that nuance clear.
That frustrates me because I feel like even in cases where transit is excellent, Uber can play a complementary role which still is another piece to help move people away from personal cars.
I agree! Uber is a form of transit too
Also, this sounds weird, but I think the debate is hurt by lack of clear nomenclature. "TNC" is clunky so people just use Uber generically like Kleenex. That inevitably leads to people focusing specifically on Uber's dubious labour practices instead of the concept as a whole.
agreed--I would prefer to just refer to them as "taxis" but that brings in all the baggage associated with taxis
king county metro still has its fair share of issues tho lemme tell ya
I believe it!
speaking of which I have this notion that if this happens any time soon and destroys the single-family home hegemony once and for all, Seattle will be the Istanbul or Tokyo of North America by the middle of the 21st centuryhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one/amp …
it would help if buses didn't have sick up on the seats. Speaking as a tourist in Seattle.
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