The importance of public transit doesn't seem to understood by many, both by politicians and the common people as the attack on California's railroad shows.
There is a need to make it easier for people and goods to move around in other ways than cars, both locally and on longer trips. Cars aren't the most efficient or environmentally friendly way to do so, as such there need to be options to help people leave it behind that are as practical and easy as their car.
As cities grow, there is a need to move away from cars to really move as much people as possible in an efficient, friendly, and easy around. We need to make mass transit an integral part of our cities, one that adds value to them and the first option to move around them. In a way, we need to make people feel at home at their communities, not just at their house or apartment.
There need to many reasons for people want to get out and to know that happens around them. What local shops have to offer, and who patronize them. Who are their neighbors, and to make what happens on their community something worth knowing and being a part of it. A bus system, subways and the like can make this happen by allowing people to actually move in a way that allows meaningful interactions with their community and other people.
Mass transit benefits are to many to ignore, and they impact to many different areas of our lives in a positive way.
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