America's Transit Networks are currently really good at getting white-collar suburbanites to the downtown core, but fail to truly serve the low-income and minority communities that need it the most - and by extension, our networks are failing everybody. Work commutes only account for 20% of our commutes, so why are our public transportation networks so focused on downtown? Why are we making it so hard to conduct cross-town trips? Why don't we have comprehensive public transit networks? And more importantly, how do we fix that? Car dependency, climate change, and inequity are fights that require public transit use. But we NEED our transit networks to be accessible if we want to win those fights - particularly our Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail Transit, and Subways. Building just for the suburbs won't make our public transportation any better. We need accessible public transit networks.
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All footage was taken by me (AJ Tabura) or licensed from their respective sources.
Special thanks to:
The nice bus driver who let me film in the bus
My leather gloves for keeping me warm in sub-freezing cold
my roommate's cat
me
