Fully realized, Jones transit dream would, for instance, allow people who live in Jacksonville but work in west Little Rock to zip into town on a commuter train, then within a few minutes hop clean, safe, air conditioned buses that would drop them near the office. After work, they could take the bus downtown, meet friends for dinner, walk across a pedestrian bridge to the Alltel Arena to watch a game. And after that they might take the trolley to the bus stop, the bus to the train and the train home to Jacksonville. If they drove to the station, that was the only parking place they had to find all day. One of the stumbling blocks to improved transit has been racial and class problems.
People are afraid of each other.
There should be a clean, safe, dependable bus by every 10 or 15 minutes. The bus should be a convenience, not a hardship. It s that way that way in many cities. Right now, its the transportation of last resort.