Poll of the Day > once you hit 65 years of age you should he required to take the road test again

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adjl posted...

Yeah, that would have to change. Note that those people can come from any number of places, so that could actually be 6 or 7 routes that converged on that one road, but if everyone was taking the bus, there would indeed need to be a bus more often than once every hour.

adjl posted...

That's another issue that would be solved with more frequent buses. You're always going to get spikes in ridership for buses that arrive at ~10-15 minutes to the hour, since those are typically ideal for people to arrive and start work on the hour, but if you've got buses running every 10 minutes, those who can be a bit earlier or later have that option. I have also seen routes run two buses at once at particularly busy times (like when school lets out).

I figured more buses could fix the issue. Though you would also need to make sure you had enough drivers. the bad thing about the buses is that they will have to have a CDL. Though most people with a CDL leave to go work at other places that pay more... But if there was a way to get more buses and bus drivers, it could possibly make things better in certain areas. Also, I figured they were probably coming from different places, and probably going to different ones, as well. But ran out of room...

adjl posted...

Again, that's an issue that would be solved by park and rides. People drive in, park at a terminal, and an express bus carries them directly into another terminal in the city, from which they can catch other buses (or bike or walk to their final destination, ideally, but there aren't going to be that many terminals for express buses).

Yeah. As long as they can rely on the bus to get them there on time, people might even have time to take a nap if they have to go out of state for work. Haha.

adjl posted...

And that's fair. In many places, the current state sucks. There was an article a couple years ago saying that people in my hometown were being turned down for jobs because they would be commuting by bus, because it was just that unreliable. It works in some cities, but for others, it's dismal.

Yeah. Back home, it wasn't so bad. It's wasn't that good, either. But still somewhat reliable. Here, it's pretty bad. I mean, the buses will usually make it there. And maybe on time. But they stop running kind of early. And for paratransit, you need to set it up early and it cost most. And no discounts for books for most people. Plus, those stop running around midnight...

I think certain places would have an easier time switching to public transport, while some others would struggle for years if it was implemented...

It would be good to get it implemented if they could... maybe. It could possibly do a lot of good. Though, some bad always comes with the good. And lots of other stuff will change or have to change. And maybe some freedom would be lost on how you do things, which would suck. But it just all depends...
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adjl posted...

Again, that's because you live somewhere that wasn't designed around having a car. European cities don't have the same degree of urban sprawl that most North American cities do because it's cars that enable that sprawl. New York is a notable exception because the islandy nature of Manhattan meant the city's core grew to be extremely dense, rather than sprawling. If everyone in Manhattan drove, nobody could ever get anywhere, so effective public transportation exists.

America is also a shitload larger than every European country except Russia.

adjl posted...

Not necessarily. If the majority of a city's occupants rely on public transit, reducing the cost of transit passes is an absolutely fantastic platform for a mayoral candidate to run on. Provided the city has some control over that, rather than outsourcing it entirely to a private company that would only adjust prices if competition existed, prices could be kept reasonable.

Alternatively, contract two or more companies to do it so they end up competing with each other. Public transit isn't necessarily a natural monopoly, so provided appropriate anti-collusion measures are in place to prevent the sort of oligopoly situation we currently see with telecoms, it could work.

LinkPizza posted...

Though they may up the price since it would be the main form of transportation.

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