Although I completely agree with Siavash, statement in his blog Austin should extend the metro system, I must add to it. Yes, Austin should expand public transit but what’s the point if people are not really using it. From what I saw in Dec 2015 Ridership Report, a report from metro the number of passengers have been declining.
What I believe Austin should do is collaborate with the cities around it to create a major train transit that is fast, really fast, connecting all of them. Why? Because that’s the exact reason people are not using public transportation now in days. It takes too long. Also, it would be a nice way to add tourism in a way. Because I know people would prefer to ride a fast train to Houston for example and get there in an hour instead of driving there.
Another thing I must disagree with is that young drivers are not always at fault. I’ve had plenty of older people cut me off from the side road because they want to skip the line. Yet if you hit them it’s always going to be the young driver faults, because of “experience”.
Overall it was a good blog but your argument lacked I didn’t feel a connection to it. In a way, you should have added, “Have you been stuck in traffic, frustrated and willing to change that? “something along those lines. Also, you didn’t mention a solution for traffic other than expanding the public transit. Shouldn’t we expand roads too? Maybe a lane for one public transit so the passengers would actually feel the benefits and actually use it?
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