tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post1632151435470253123..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: The Social Capital of TransitPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-83657928251548831582007-01-19T07:07:00.000-08:002007-01-19T07:07:00.000-08:00In my experience, the social interaction on buses ...In my experience, the social interaction on buses can quickly turn suburbanites completely off public transit, because currently the social stock for such interaction is so awful. Stinky, crazy, people, to a suburbanite, are a powerful reason never to ride the bus again and to tell everybody around them about how bad the bus ride was.<br /><br />This is why even people who just want better bus service for the carless poor ought to support rail transit - it brings the middle class back on public transportation and removes the constant drumbeat otherwise seeking cuts to bus service.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.com