Comment by NewJazz
16 days ago
At that point just make separate no fee, low fee, and high fee train cars with varying levels of poor people and/or cleanliness.
16 days ago
At that point just make separate no fee, low fee, and high fee train cars with varying levels of poor people and/or cleanliness.
The class system… such a classic!
You kid, and it would be kinda horrible in certain ways, but I genuinely think it would increase ridership significantly.
Let's face it, classism right now manifests as:
* poor folk use terrible public transit
* med income folk drive cars
* high income/wealth folk get driven around by robots or staff
At least with the classist train you cut down on emissions and public funds spent fixing roads. And I'd argue it's a bit less unequal than the status quo in 95% of the US.
Do you not take flights to travel between cities because they are classist?
Now that you mention it, I don’t fly much, and would do so more if airlines standardized on a single level of service somewhere around business class in terms of convenience and basic comfort, but with lower prices in exchange for unbundled luggage, food, and beverage options.
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A fellow aficionado of German trains, I see.
Ah yes, a caste system on tracks. That will surely work
Surely you're aware airplanes and cruise ships have different ticket classes and no one considers it a caste system.
Your comment might be deeply offensive to people who have suffered in actual caste systems.
long distance trains too. and in germany even some local trains have (or used to have) first class compartments.
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