Public Transportation and Smart Growth

MANative

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3. Depends on where you're heading. I commute to Manhattan from CT

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 03:53 PM

Oct 2015

and the gas, tolls and parking are definitely more than what I spend even on a peak-fare round trip ticket. The monthly pass is where you get better value, and it's well worth it - the whole month costs less than 11 single-ticket round trips, so about half-price for normal 22-day work month, but I can use it on weekends, too. In 19 years of working in the city, I've only driven in once; I'd never do it again, even with all faults that Metro-North and the MTA admittedly have.

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Why People Don't Ride Public Transit in Small Cities [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 OP

Because it doesn't go where they want to go when they want to go, that's the simple answer. PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #1

Depends on where you're heading. I commute to Manhattan from CT MANative Oct 2015 #3

I used public transit as a kid in Charlotte. It was SLOW Warpy Oct 2015 #4

Second that. For the majority of Americans, public transit simply isn't as quick (or convenient) Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #5

The T in Boston is great Warpy Oct 2015 #6

I don't use public transportation but would gladly pay higher taxes for those that either.. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #2

Often the systems are sub-par. Chan790 Oct 2015 #7

I would rather be in my own car Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #8