William
2007-06-30 12:25:28 UTC
A while back we were talking about mass transit, some people were
telling me that only the poor, generally ethenic or people who need to
ride buses etc do. In Minneapolis's 400,000 population about 60% of
that is white. 40% of people who work in downtown Minneapolis take
*the bus alone* to work and back, excluding the light rail. Whenever I
get on the light rail, just about every race is represented equally
quantity wise. Most people who work in downtown don't want to deal
with the huge amount of traffic going in and out of the city. The
light rail obviously has its own track, but even the bus has it's own
lane and in some cases it's own street. Our "Metro Transit" (
http://www.metrotransit.org ) completely avoids traffic. The Light
Rail aways has the right of way when it comes to intersections,
meaning the only place it has to stop is at all of it's stations. When
it comes to rush hour, taking the bus or train is substantially faster
then driving your car.
telling me that only the poor, generally ethenic or people who need to
ride buses etc do. In Minneapolis's 400,000 population about 60% of
that is white. 40% of people who work in downtown Minneapolis take
*the bus alone* to work and back, excluding the light rail. Whenever I
get on the light rail, just about every race is represented equally
quantity wise. Most people who work in downtown don't want to deal
with the huge amount of traffic going in and out of the city. The
light rail obviously has its own track, but even the bus has it's own
lane and in some cases it's own street. Our "Metro Transit" (
http://www.metrotransit.org ) completely avoids traffic. The Light
Rail aways has the right of way when it comes to intersections,
meaning the only place it has to stop is at all of it's stations. When
it comes to rush hour, taking the bus or train is substantially faster
then driving your car.