[deleted] OP t1_j7zeyn8 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 2:34 PM

Reply to comment by jojammin in White Punks on Transit by [deleted]

Maybe centering white people on an issue that disproportionately affects Black people is ... offensive? There is also a bigger picture issue with horrible bus service. Car ownership helps poor people escape poverty because it allows them to get to better paying jobs https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/01/why-the-poor-need-better-access-to-cars/ I'm honestly not sure if we could design a transit system that efficiently takes current riders to their workplaces. Bus transit was horrible under Glendenning, Ehrlich, O'Malley and Hogan. I don't see it changing under Wes Moore, and a lot of transit people focus on expensive rail proposals rather than trying to address the problems in the bus system that the vast majority of transit riders use.

jojammin t1_j7zg39e wrote on February 10, 2023 at 2:42 PM

>Maybe centering white people on an issue that disproportionately affects Black people is ... offensive?

The Banner can't interview a white person (did it even mention her race?) who had a bad experience on a bus? I don't understand the outrage or how that interview is offensive.

bmore t1_j80rx98 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 7:56 PM

You're complaining about transit people being interviewed on a bus story about making the bus more reliable and your critique is they don't focus on buses and only focus on expensive rail proposals? That doesn't even make sense.

[deleted] OP t1_j7zfkgi wrote on February 10, 2023 at 2:38 PM

And perhaps a solution to this might be to focus on passenger vans rather than large buses to get people to where the jobs are? The current system clearly is failing in its mission.