I appreciate public transit twitter, but IMO there's a massive misunderstanding about how accessible transit is to people who've grown up exclusively within car culture. Biking in a CITY? Terrifying. Fare & schedule logistics? Indecipherable. This is not easy for a lot of people.
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Interesting. What is the challenge for you? Google Maps, Citymapper, etc all have step-by-step navigation & I use it in unfamiliar cities where they speak a foreign language, while jetlagged, without too much difficulty. Finding the right platform is hard sometimes, I'll admit.
I experience a lot of anxiety about potentially getting on the wrong bus/line... With buses in various cities, figuring out how to pay in advance has been a weirdly omnipresent challenge. Required walks between stations/stops introduces more discomfort/self-doubt. It adds up!
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Oh, I wasn't thinking about buses. Yes, having cash for fares is an issue. It can also be hard to find the stop, due to nonexistent or inscrutable signs.
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I've really loved the NYC subway/BART — those systems are a lot more user-friendly, and the ticketing is a lot more... introvert-friendly. But especially in the bay, using public transit can mean taking three entirely different systems with walks in between. At night. Alone.
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