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US cities pay too much for buses

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355 points pavel_lishin | 1 comments | 26 Sep 25 13:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.307s | source
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BobbyTables2 ◴[27 Sep 25 15:48 UTC] No.45396782[source]▶
I’m all for mass transportation m, but city buses blocking a busy two-lane road for several minutes waiting at a stop has got to end. Even when not stopped, they do a pretty good job at impeding traffic.

The bus system has one set of costs. But it has another set of external costs on the rest of society.

In contrast, I’ve seen British short trains arrive + unload + load + depart in far less than 5 minutes total, and that involves a far greater number of passengers than a crawling bus.

Yeah, trains require more infrastructure, but I think the public could grow to like them.

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1. ranadomo ◴[27 Sep 25 16:08 UTC] No.45397006[source]▶
Transit violence is not limited to outlier cases like the nyc immolation or Iryna's horrific slaughter. Women in particular may never feel safe on public transit and avoid it entirely at night and alone. Daily harassment, stalking, threats and verbal abuse are "facts of life" for the majority of female passengers in metro areas. They will all move up or out to safer environments and take their car or private transportation everywhere. Pretending like Americans are instinctually averse to public transit is an absurd contention when they've been behaviorally conditioned by the insanely dangerous environment and a justice system that works to inflict it upon them until they give up or die.