Comment by closetohome
10 hours ago
Similarly, the article also glosses over the issue of disability. Perhaps because the US tends to treat its bus system as welfare, it is adapted heavily to people with disabilities and limited mobility. I'm sure there are solutions to this, but at the moment removing bus stops tends to disenfranchise people who can't walk longer distances.
> but at the moment removing bus stops tends to disenfranchise people who can't walk longer distances.
So those categories of people just can't use public transit in places where public transit is more popular?
This is true for everywhere tbh, and thr solution is to make the last mile walkable by people with disabilities.
I see a lot of idolization of NW Europe from the US, but this is still a problem in Europe too. True, it's better than most of the world, but not every NW European city is as walkable or as accessible as people think it is.