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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Transit ridership is in the gutter right now thanks to our response to Covid.
Private transportation is the future, so the only money going to transit right now should be to repair what is in bad shape.
I think we need to spend more money on fixing all of Chicago’s potholed streets as well as more bike lanes.
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We cannot look at things strictly based on Covid. There is also climate change and the quality of life in our cities.
Private Transportation is not the answer to making our lives better. The last 70 years has proven that it has been a false utopia.
It is true that transit ridership is down, but this is also an opportunity to re-imagine transit to make it more attractive to more people. The Covid crisis is gradually ending, so we need to look at transit with a post-covid vision.