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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Good lord. Someone came in for an easy pass, fumbled the ball horribly, stubbed his little toe, and wants everyone to send their deepest sympathies.
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This was a useful contribution.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
People love transit.
When it’s actually has some clear, tangible benefit over “slightly cheaper.”
In all the places transit is well loved, it and the city around it is well designed, (as Ozy and Muta are more eloquently pointing out than I could).
But in Calgary, it’s slightly cheaper. That’s pretty much it. Any investment, including investments to make it safer, are good things. It needs a lot of investment. It needs more lines, more routes, more everything.
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Pretty much how I feel. Moving here from Winnipeg, Calgary's transit system was a breath of fresh air, but it is still clear that it isn't anywhere near as good as it could or should be. It is going to take a lot of time and investment to improve Calgary's transit system, and a lot of different options for how to implement it (I personally think we should bring back street cars like Toronto has). However...
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
People don’t avoid transit because it’s unsafe. They avoid it because it sucks. It’s closer to a last resort than the preferred method (unless you live directly on a train line and are going to somewhere else on the train line, which is severely limiting).
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I disagree here. Both things can be true (or at least the
former contributes to the
latter); people who would otherwise be amenable to using transit more
will be put off by it as the perception of it being safe diminishes. Many people are put off of coming downtown for the same reason. It isn't the sole reason people avoid transit, but it definitely is a contributing factor.