It sends an important message if you zoom out: you can rely on the train for your lifestyle and don’t need a car.
When we cut trains from the least efficient places, we force those riders into a cycle of car ownership. When they move, they’ll still have the car. It chips away at the edges of the network until all that’s left are trains between major stops, where there’s no shade, and whoopsie some days the train just doesn’t come at all and you’ll need to take rideshare.
Don’t become like us.
Sincerely,
an American on a late train to work right now
It sends an important message if you zoom out: you can rely on the train for your lifestyle and don’t need a car.
When we cut trains from the least efficient places, we force those riders into a cycle of car ownership. When they move, they’ll still have the car. It chips away at the edges of the network until all that’s left are trains between major stops, where there’s no shade, and whoopsie some days the train just doesn’t come at all and you’ll need to take rideshare.
Don’t become like us.
Sincerely, an American on a late train to work right now
The sad part about this story is that the station closed, so if the next year there are other students they won’t have the option.