Why are so many of us so averse to mass transit?
John (Thurb) McVey asked:
You know, I could go all over Dallas and Ft.Worth for $70 a month by using the bus and rail service– slightly less than what my car insurance costs– but I don’t do it! I dislike long, shaky bus rides, layovers, busloads of sweaty people taking all day to get somewhere I can reach in 30 minutes in my car, but that doesn’t explain why the beautiful, swift trains with cafe-type tables and booths instead of traditional seats are often so underused. If we were sensible, we’d put out $70 a month just to have the option of traveling sometimes without contending with traffic and gas prices. “I love train rides,” a stylish, well-dressed business woman from Massachusetts I met at the train station told me. “I’d **** to fight the Boston traffic to get to work every day. I could have rented a car to drive to this convention in Dallas, but who wants to?” I know she’s right! I don’t smoke, but can’t stand not to drive. Why are we like that?
You know, I could go all over Dallas and Ft.Worth for $70 a month by using the bus and rail service– slightly less than what my car insurance costs– but I don’t do it! I dislike long, shaky bus rides, layovers, busloads of sweaty people taking all day to get somewhere I can reach in 30 minutes in my car, but that doesn’t explain why the beautiful, swift trains with cafe-type tables and booths instead of traditional seats are often so underused. If we were sensible, we’d put out $70 a month just to have the option of traveling sometimes without contending with traffic and gas prices. “I love train rides,” a stylish, well-dressed business woman from Massachusetts I met at the train station told me. “I’d **** to fight the Boston traffic to get to work every day. I could have rented a car to drive to this convention in Dallas, but who wants to?” I know she’s right! I don’t smoke, but can’t stand not to drive. Why are we like that?
July 24, 2009 at 6:36 PM Comments (2)
