Chart Of The Day: Mass Transit Isn’t Hitting Critical Mass

The Truth About Cars ^ | 2/14/2015 | Derek Kreindler

[Paladin2]

If you have to pay to park downtown, your town is too big.

[SAJ]

My thanks to the Kingston Trio for writing this melody, and to Willie Green for being such a memorable bozo:

"Let me tell ya all a story
"'Bout a man named Willie
"On a tragic and fateful day
"He put 10 grand in his pocket
"Blew a coupla dead dogs
"Went to ride on his new rail-way."

"Did he ever return?
"No, he never returned
"But his fate is damned well burned
"He's still ridin' dumb
"Wastin' tax increases
"He's the putz who jus' never learned."

;;;;;;;
There's probably even a better parody for Willie, to a Michael Jackson tune:

"Wil-lie Green, had mah love..."

Perhaps all the creative folks here will finish this one...

;^) "

[ransomnote]

I’m guessing that jobs are disappearing so fewer people need to commute to a job (they don’t have one) at the same time people who own cars are having a harder and harder time paying to drive to work (salary cuts, part time jobs, outsourcing etc.) Therefore, as laid off workers stop commuting to work, hardship workers fill their spaces on commuter trains and so the numbers look “flat.”

[BobL]

The first comment in the article matches a survey I heard about in Los Angeles.

They asked drivers were stuck in traffic if they supported increased public transportation - the overwhelming answer was YES!. Then they went a step further and asked why - the largest response was “to get people off the road”.

You can take it from there.