America’s Public Transit Is Broken—And It’s All Your Fault
There’s plenty of talk about how housing has become dramatically less affordable in
the US, but hardly anyone talks about the transportation crisis, which
is the direct result of failing to build enough places for people to
live. Because cities have become too expensive, the transit-dependent
have been forced to move further and further away. These are the
Americans without a smartphone in their hands, who don’t have a car at
home, who might live below the poverty line. These are the people who
are riding those buses for hours a day to get to their jobs or their
school. These are people who would kill for a car that could finally
give them some stability in their lives.
The solution is not to buy everyone cars—it’s
to design our cities so no one has to shoulder the economic burden of
owning a vehicle if they don’t choose to. This is where policymakers
have failed.
(Gizmodo.com)
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