Driving is in a steep decline in America

[Holmes]

As "good" as this is, at least from my experience (and perhaps being in Toronto is skewing my opinion), public transit is woefully underfunded, usually doesn't have enough buses/subway trains/streetcars, has bad service, and is generally incompetent. Some things will have to change to accommodate this trend. Hopefully, anyway.

[Holmes]

Why are conservatives so "pro-car"? And are the previous two posters old enough to own a car, and/or live in a large urban area? It's not that people don't want to own vehicles - it's just almost impossible in some settings. It's not that people choose to use unreliable and dirty public transit, it's the only option they have.

[Holmes]

"The service is bad and I have to wait a long time" is not an adequate excuse to purchase a vehicle and have to pay monthly charges, gas, repairs, parking, and others. If anything, it's an excuse to reform and appropriate fund the public transit system further. If you don't want to wait an hour to get to a location that's four miles away, walk, bike or even carpool.