It so different, packed and close get this: I had never met an adult without a driver license until I met a guy from NYC, in his 30's no less, that had never driven a car. He had no desire to ever learn how to and seemed proud of that. I was floored by that. I said as a counter, that I had never ridden in a public transit bus of any kind, ever. He thought I was lying.
“I had never met an adult without a driver license until I met a guy from NYC...”
I agree with that. And I feel it was used to accomplish the goal I was mentioning. You use the moniker central_va, which is so spread out in California that bus service would be impossible. (I rode the greyhound down from Sacramento where I was stationed, years ago to attend my grandmother’s funeral. I sat right behind the driver at the change in Fresno and when I got off the bus in Goshen, my father was there to pick me up late and his gun was on the seat. Mine was next to me on the bus. The bus was full of illegals going back to TJ or Mexicali with their radios, TV;s and assorted stuff to sell. The driver was unhappy when I left. So even the service was questionable safe.)
Liberal controlled states like NY try to herd people into public transportation and make it difficult to own and use a car. I live in Washington State now and they have been trying for years to get cars off the roads with bus services and the Sounder trains. The Bart in San Francisco goes clear up into Auburn now. all the way across the northern valley from the coast. It accomplishes their goal of “ecology” and raises funds for the coffers. In this case, I feel it was a tool concerning the virus.
We’ll have to wait and see if they claim credit for getting NYC through this expediently even though they will call the greater amount of deaths expected (collateral) damage due to population size.
rwood