How Is Covid-19 Impacting Life in Your City?

[Camelback]

Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

You clearly aren't riding the same trains/buses that I am. Usually it's just people trying to get to work or wherever else they need to go. The tourists tend to be more obnoxious than anyone else. Oh and the suburbanites going to Cubs Games. They are the worst. Friday and Saturday night there are a lot of drunkards. But better they are on the train than on the road...

We're not talking about suburbanites taking a train to a baseball game, or college kids going to school, or investment bankers with ear buds.

There's a reason why many public transit numbers are in decline in many cities of America despite rail extensions, it's because people feel more comfortable in cars (that includes uber and Lyft).

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by Camelback

We're not talking about suburbanites taking a train to a baseball game, or college kids going to school, or investment bankers with ear buds.

There's a reason why many public transit numbers are in decline in many cities of America despite rail extensions, it's because people feel more comfortable in cars (that includes uber and Lyft).

No it's largely because of sprawl-inducing public policy that makes high transit ridership nigh impossible. But it's besides the point of this thread, except somehow you think public transit is dangerous but COVID isn't...