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Long wait times made the bus route almost unusable for David Bunn, even when his car broke down and he couldn’t afford to replace it. Instead, Bunn, who has two broken discs in his back, would take a 5-mile (8-kilometer) roundtrip walk to pick up groceries.

“A small city”

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Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The point of transit is not to have a bus. The point of transit is getting people where they need to be.

This is definition of transportation, not transit

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- Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  as many as 3 in 10 residents lacked access to a car to get to work
  
  Because people need a car to get from point A to point B. Enough of this bs. Stopped reading there
  
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JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The city of less than 50,000 people

Very small, yes.

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- Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I dont know if you understand. In Europe if grocery shop isnt in your village, its probably 2-3km away in the neighboring village. Calling something “a city” indicates that everything is denser. So I find it funny when American “cities” are less dense than European “villages separated by farmland”
  
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  - JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I’m European. Tiny cities exist here too. As do food deserts. When most people drive, local shops and bus services disappear, and people without cars get stranded.
    
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