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SleaterKenny t1_iu5gd72 wrote

Reply to comment by dante662 in Whats up with traffic today? by jamesland7

Monday also.

Basically, don't drive to work Tuesday-Thursday. Take the T.

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steamedfarts t1_iu5i94d wrote

I mean, shit, if you can reasonably take public transport to your job then why drive in the first place

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dante662 t1_iu5wfpc wrote

Same reason everyone does, they don't want to have to rely on someone else for their trip home.

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Need to run out the door to make a specific commuter train, and if it's cancelled, might be hours of waiting or shuttle buses. Sure, doesn't happen that often...but everyone would rather be in their own car, with their own sense of control over the situation.

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It doesn't help that we spent the past 2.5 years beating people over the head with COVID and social distancing. Huge numbers of people are still never going to get into a crowded elevator ever again, let alone a subway train. Shit, I see people wearing masks walking down the street, outside, alone. Of course people would rather drive.

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And that doesn't even get into the high profile media reports of random nutcases attacking people on public transit. Everyone's on edge.

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steamedfarts t1_iu6204t wrote

Please keep using these lines of logic. Means more space on transit for all the rest of us.

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charons-voyage t1_iu6dgow wrote

I mean the T is pretty crappy. But traffic is way worse imo.

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