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Eclectic Cyborg2/25/2012 4:25:41 pm PST

re: #285 Gus

Editorial: U.S. House throws transit under a bus
Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

As a very pro-mass transit person, this shit REALLY pisses me off.

It already drives me mad how the United States has basically dick all as far as passenger train service goes. Bus coaches aren’t much better. The other day I checked to see how long it would take me to travel from Alabama to Toronto, Canada on a Bus and the route took me from Alabama west through Mississippi and then north through Arkansas, then through Missouri, Chicago and Indianapolis before finally reaching Michigan and the Canadian border. I realize that such a long trip by necessity would require several transfers, but this is the best route I can get? That’s a fucking joke. That trip takes me HUNDREDS of miles out of my way.

Efficient public transportation, especially trains, can be beneficial to society in a number of different ways, not least of which is cutting pollution and providing a viable alternative to expensive air travel.

We need more mass transit in this country, not more car engines clogging up the interstates.