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   From: bks@panix.com   
      
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    | With Mamdani, the Humble Bus Gets Its Due   
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    | Enthusiasm for NYC's mayor-elect may reflect a   
    | little-understood reality about the essential role of   
    | buses. Still, making them faster won't be easy.   
    |  ...   
    | The rising tide in voter enthusiasm for Zohran Mamdani may   
    | reflect a little-understood reality about just how   
    | essential the buses are to most cities' transportation   
    | systems. Local buses provided 10.6 million trips across the   
    | US on the average day in 2024, according to the American   
    | Public Transportation Association, which is more than four   
    | times the number of people who fly in the US every day.   
    | Even in NYC, the subway hogs all the glory, but the bus is   
    | the workhorse of the public transit system. About 1.1   
    | million rides are taken every day on NYC buses. It's the   
    | equivalent to the entire population of Boston commuting to   
    | and from work every day on the bus.   
    | ...   
      
      
       --bks   
      
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