Vaya@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days ago Americans are afraid of transit crime. Part of the negative image around public transit comes from the idea that it is dangerouslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-link Americans are afraid of transit crime. Part of the negative image around public transit comes from the idea that it is dangerouslemmy.worldVaya@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareswitcheroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoYep, absolutely. My hubby has zero issue with public transportation. He’s also 6’1 220 pounds. I don’t think he quite gets why a woman a foot shorter and a hundred pounds lighter would prefer to not.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoKind of a strange thing to say on a post providing evidence that it’s an order of magnitude safer than driving.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt is however a decent anecdotal example of why feels often trump reals when it comes to encouraging transit usage.
Yep, absolutely. My hubby has zero issue with public transportation. He’s also 6’1 220 pounds. I don’t think he quite gets why a woman a foot shorter and a hundred pounds lighter would prefer to not.
Kind of a strange thing to say on a post providing evidence that it’s an order of magnitude safer than driving.
It is however a decent anecdotal example of why feels often trump reals when it comes to encouraging transit usage.