Re: Highways too have their problems
Author: Zebrahead
Date: 11-25-2022 - 20:31
Erik H. Wrote:
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> "Boy. Who would want to get on a highway in a
> car..."
>
> Despite the doom and gloom from the anti-car
> rally, 98% of Americans drive, and I know far more
> people who were former transit riders and gave up
> the bus/train for the car, versus former motorists
> who gave up the car for transit.
That's a silly comment. One can access so many more places by automobiles than by transit.
>
> I don't see the transit advocates fighting to
> improve transit.
You're not spending a lot of effort looking for what transit advocates do.
Lastly apart from the shootings mentioned by Commenter, deaths due to automobile crashes, including automobile violence against pedestrians have shot up since the onset of the pandemic.