But I love my independence and making my own schedule, and I do not see myself using these other modes of transportation until the system changes. Mass transit needs to go where and, within reason, when we want to go, and it needs to get there quickly. As long as planners and designers stay with surface modes of transport, the system will fail. Autos, trucks and pedestrians do not mix with mass transit. They hinder each other.
Mass transit needs to be economical and affordable.
It will not meet our every transportation need. Our savings would be a portion of the car maintenance, gas and the parking fees not used when using mass transit. If it doesn't save time, forget it. It is the bureaucracy and the shortsightedness of some of our elected officials and their staffs who attempt to push unworkable systems forward just because there is federal money out there to grab. I really believe that tri-county residents and taxpayers would support light rail if it were done correctly and accomplished the two goals mentioned above.