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Originally Posted by artdutra04
One of the main reasons why I prefer mass transit (if available and efficient) over cars - even if it took slightly longer to get to the destination - is the fact that I don't have to do anything while on a train. I can read the newspaper, use my laptop, or just relax. If I tried doing those while driving a car, I'd end up wrapped around a tree.
And in our increasingly fast-paced lives, it's nice to have a brief respite every now and then throughout the day.
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Agreed and disagreed, disagreed mostly because I find driving itself to be relaxing at times. But that's me.
My opinion on mass transit is that to get from place to place here in Huntington, it would be more of a waste than anything else. We're a small city. It's easy for me to take a 15 minute walk to get somewhere that's a 5 minute car ride away. And on my bike, the time difference isn't much from a car.
For transportation from town to town in our county, we could use a small public transportation system, but not much. We have a decent distance from say Huntington to Warren. But where we could really use mass transit at is going from Huntington to Fort Wayne. That is where most citizens are going.
My dad, though, works much further north, But he carpools everyday. If anything else, we need to really push for carpooling. Usually, you're traveling with someone you know, so it's not always so awkward, and it takes a handful of vehicles off the road.
Going away from judging mass transit on our small town, in the larger cities, mass transit can be the best thing in the world, if done right. As some have explained earlier, if they have confusing maps and complicated systems, people won't enjoy it and go back to driving themselves.
Personally, I'm going to stick to a well greased bike and my two good feet.
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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
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Me Too!