Public transit is damn expensive to operate. Reducing the cost would mean increasing the subsidy. Easiest way to come up with that subsidy is to tie it to something related, such as opting to drive your own vehicle into the city to create congestion. Which is what London does.

I knew that we were talking about Billy Fuccillo the second annoying ads from New York were brought up. No upstater could ever escape unscathed.

That’s an opportunity for you to talk to your city councilmember about adding in bus lanes and other priority measures. It’s yet another example of how transit isn’t taken seriously and how as a country we’ve refused to invest in making it competitive the way every other developed country has.

There haven’t been successful recent episodes within any urban service areas. Period. That city would no longer have an operable transit system because they would have lost their federal funding. There are ongoing pre-Title VI and pre-ADA issues that need resolution like what you’ve mentioned in New York with the…

Hi I’m a guy that professionally plans bus routes for a living and you’re basically correct. We have quite a few layers of review to go through to determine if demand exists or a better connection can be made first, then we have to evaluate any major changes to determine if they’re equitable to disadvantaged groups,…

I would explore means of improving that form of transportation rather than closing my eyes and plugging my ears and hoping it all goes away by ignoring it.

Transit agencies could have adequate means to address these concerns if they received adequate funding. Taking your fare elsewhere is only going to make that problem worse and is only going to provide benefit to private investors instead of the general public.

So your problem with public transit is the public, not the transit. Hate to break it to you but transit agencies aren’t allowed to discriminate against people based on whether or not they have a permanent domicile. To avoid your own neighbors and the problems they face by opting out of public services because you have…

You’re using a 23 year old case that has since been fully incorporated into transit agency decision-making at local, state, and federal levels as a reason why transit sucks today? I work for a transit agency and before we conduct any service change we’re required to evaluate whether that change would have a…

Meets side-impact safety standards, has a sleek roof line, has great visibility. Pick two.

It’s taking BMW a little while to really refine it with these GTs but they’re getting there.

Hot take: This actually looks good. Especially in M-Sport spec.

Review’s just in time for Smart to ditch all gas-powered models in the US for EVs.

Late-model generic midsize without a plate frame in a major metro usually just means rental car.

That’s actually the best possible scenario for a small-overlap crash, and one that’s made much easier by the lack of an engine up front. Deflecting off of the obstacle being struck means that the force of the collision on the passengers of the car is considerably less severe than what they’d experience in virtually…

How horrific is the turning radius with tires that wide up front? There’s no way this thing can make a U-turn across a six-lane road with any less than a seven-point turn.

Limited-access highways are one thing but it’s completely irresponsible to level this charge against all roadways: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/4/21/traffic-engineers-epic-fail

Anybody else point out how shitty the Bolt’s lease rates are? Every other EV driver I know leases since the resale is still so terrible and the Bolt was leasing for more than an i3 that’s at least $10-15K more expensive. The Leaf is going for pennies.

I know the CVPI wasn’t especially fleet-footed, but the stock version that’s not loaded down with extra electronics, cages, and gear can’t beat nine seconds to 60. It’ll be great for city duty but that’ll be about it.

Nah.

Not at all. One of the bigger perks of leasing my Fiat 500e was the rental credit scheme where I could hop over to the airport and rent a Camaro for a weekend road trip.