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The Problem With Public Transit Is The Public

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
9 July 2004 - 10:00am

How do you convince suburb-dwellers that light rail can be safe and enjoyable?

"The problem, he said, is that light rail is 'public' transit, and the public includes a great variety of people, some not so clean, some not so well-mannered.

People have the right to be what and who they are in public, Sakauye says.

He agrees that odd-acting passengers definitely make others ill at ease, and even cause some people to feel unsafe..."

Full Story: Back-seat driver: Unruly passengers turn off some light-rail regulars
Source: The Sacramento Bee, July 5, 2004
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