re: #480 Dr Lizardo

So, I figure I’ll put this up - some videos of trams here in Ostrava. It’s in Polish (Poland is only a few kilometers from Ostrava) but it’s got English subtitles.

These are older trams mostly but it’ll give you an idea of the kind of public transport that exists here.

And it’s quite inexpensive as well; I pay the equivalent of $25/month for unlimited public transit throughout the entire city, a total area of about 83 square miles.

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Compare and contrast with the Koch/Americans for Prosperity view of public transit:

Public transit, Americans for Prosperity says, goes against the liberties that Americans hold dear. “If someone has the freedom to go where they want, do what they want,” Ms. Venable said, “they’re not going to choose public transit.”