XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: os333@netc.eu   
      
   Bradley K. Sherman,    
      
   > | With Mamdani, the Humble Bus Gets Its Due   
   > |   
   > | 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   
      
   Everyone and their pet knows the NYC's subway is synonymous   
   with something really, absolutely horrible. But it's not a   
   transportation problem, it's more basic problem with the   
   American public spaces in general. And then, it's not really   
   just a public spaces issue, but it's somewhat more ominous.   
      
   > | 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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