I know I've spoken with folks at Uber policy who accept this as fact too. That said, I think the failings of mass transit are to blame first.
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Replying to @hassankhan @MikeIsaac
What does a “failing of mass transit” mean exactly? A failure of the public to sufficiently push/vote for it? At what government level? What coalitions failed to materialize and what thwarted them?
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @MikeIsaac
I think I’d need to be a transit expert to answer those questions but my read has been that certain classes of Americans never committed to the civic project of mass transit and sabotaged it from the start
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Trains and subways predated the privately owned automobile
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If I had an optimistic interpretation of the future, it would be that it’s much easier to generate political will to tax, regulate TNCs than individual car owners (see Prop. 6/gas tax repeal) https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/In-compromise-with-SF-Supervisor-Peskin-Uber-and-13121292.php …
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