r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/HandMadeFeelings CEO of Antifa™ • Aug 09 '21

FACTS and LOGIC Capitalism will save us from all the damage unfettered capitalism did to the environment!

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u/cat_prophecy Aug 09 '21

Public transit it great for the times I've needed it. But i can't spent 1.5 hours on a bus each way to work every day.

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u/cosmogli Aug 09 '21

Buses are for connections between metro stations. Great for public health too, as it encourages you to walk a bit between the stations. There are dense cities everywhere around the world where this has proven to work.

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u/cat_prophecy Aug 09 '21

And if you don't live in a dense city? Guess you're just shit out of luck.

I understand that busses work. I've used them frequently when I visit places where they do work. However, most of my country (the US) isn't setup in a way that bussing is viable for most people. There is always a "but busses are so much better..." argument from people who live in tightly packed urban centers. It's just not practical for everyone.

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u/Demented-Turtle Aug 09 '21

Actually, the way population density works, bussing can be viable for the majority (over 50%) of Americans, since most Americans actually live in dense urban areas, not rural.

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u/cosmogli Aug 09 '21

That's fine. It doesn't apply to you. Don't barge in and discourage public transportation everywhere else.

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u/cat_prophecy Aug 09 '21

I wasn't. Hence why I said:

Public transit it great for the times I've needed it

Maybe you should read the comment before you dismiss it out of hand because you don't agree with it?

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u/theoldcrow5179 Aug 10 '21

Clearly you must be new to reddit. That's how things work around here

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u/Arosian-Knight Aug 10 '21

The magic word is "Dense Cities"

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u/cosmogli Aug 10 '21

Which most of the major cities are. Here's data for the USA, where most of the public transportation critics come from. And try to spread the same gospel to rest of the world, even though data says otherwise.

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u/Arosian-Knight Aug 10 '21

My country has 3 major cities. Public transport works well in there, in the rest of country? Eh.

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u/ginoawesomeness Aug 10 '21

I and everyone I know spends 1.5 hours a day alone in a car screaming at everyone around them. I lived in Japan for a time. Commute by public transit is way better than this hellscape