Monday, February 17, 2020

One third of society does not drive

Cars are expensive. Wheelchair accessible vehicles cost upwards of $50,000, so many wheelchair-users can’t afford their own vehicle. Add to that people who can’t drive because of vision impairments or physical injuries, because they are too young, or because they’ve aged out of driving (an ever-increasing population). So how can public transportation provide no benefit when one third of society doesn’t drive?
https://www.detroittransit.org/tru-leader-responds-to-north-oakland-transit-opposition/