re: Commuting by train >>>>> commuting by car

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We "bag on it" bc the public transit systems here are complete garbage, and are therefore really only used by "poors" (at least in BR; NOLA is a little different with the street cars). The only people who use public transit here are the ones with no other option. So it's not really "funny" at all. It makes perfect sense, as a matter of perspective.

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Its "funny" that Louisiana people equate our public transportation to public transportation in major cities elsewhere.

Some would say its "retarded"

The best commute I ever had ( other than working from home) was a 5 minute walk from my apartment to my office when I lived in Seattle. After a couple of visits there before I took the job I looked at that traffic cluster and decided to move as close to my office as possible. I saved on time, gas ($1.00 more a gallon than in Texas) and most of all my sanity. And a brisk 5 minute walk in a 40f light drizzle will get your blood going too.

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Public transportation in general has a lot of things working against it. Perception, poor management, unreliability, and safety. All of these things need to be addressed to have any hope of it working. After that, you have to change peoples habits.

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Yes it does. That is why I said that I hope Brightline succeeds and other cities copy it. Iy is completely privately owned and operated and designed to service middle class and upper income passengers. It’s a totally different experience from the other mass transit options.

Europe laughs at this notion because most countries are smaller than Texas or California. Hell France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK are all under 0.25 million square miles each. That’s smaller than Texas. Yes public transit works for those major cities in those countries.

It’s much more difficult to make it work in a place as vast as America.

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Their promotion with Lyft was f**king genius. I bought a week pass just to try it out and it covers my all my train trips and Lyft rides to my place of employment and back

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I was going to complain about the Lyft part but thats tight.

almost worth having to sit in hobo cum.

The train system in Europe is great. Cheap, easy, and not stressful like driving in traffic.

I so miss taking the train to work. My day was:
walk to the bus stop, bus to the train station, train stop at my office, reverse on the way home.

When it was nice, I could walk to and from the train station...a little over a mile from my house.

I miss Boston so much!!

My sister used public transportation in L.A. when she first moved out here. Took her 2 1/2 hours to go 30 miles one way.

Unless the train does not pick up and drop off near were you need to leave from and drive too. Lived in the Northeast for years. When it was convenient the train worked. When job changed it was useless to me. Additionally, the amount of tax dollars needed to run a line was ridiculous. Most tax payers were getting hammered and unable to use the service. There is a huge cost to train upkeep that most metro areas are not honest about. Over time the excuse is "we have to do something to keep the investment lucrative." Which is simply throwing bad money after good to hide the mistake. About 7-15% of the population sues something the rest does not, but they are forced to pay for it - basic socialism. It it was a fully private system without tax subsidies it would be outrageously expensive.

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You are such a big city snob it’s not even funny.

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probably really lives in Boston, near Erath and Henry

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I’ve had a commute of 1 1/2 hours via car

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10 blocks during the big dig?