Post AUp4s2L1EE2Ep3JiIy by justinto@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AUp4s2L1EE2Ep3JiIy by justinto@mas.to
       2023-04-18T13:23:44Z
       
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       https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/grand-river-transit-kitchener-route-2-sterling-1.6809896?cmp=rss
       
 (DIR) Post #AUp4s3AQ979TOTMlQO by justinto@mas.to
       2023-04-18T13:30:12Z
       
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       The problem with public transit is that they insist on being profitable. Being profitable makes no sense, because the only thing you can do is cut back routes or raise prices and that means less people ride the transit, causing more future cutbacks. Transit needs to serve the people and if you have the best transit system in the world, eventually the chase of profit will make it too dysfunctional to attract riders.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUp4s4BWMVcsYAt9mK by springdiesel@leftist.network
       2023-04-18T20:33:44Z
       
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       @justinto And this is why public transit needs to be seen as infrastructure. Roads and bridges are of themselves not profitable, but failure to invest in them diminishes everyone's livelihood. So also public transit.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUp4s5HEIlmpwAZEJc by justinto@mas.to
       2023-04-18T13:38:19Z
       
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       There is a lot of senior citizens in this area. The next bus stop is very far away. This will leave a lot of people housebound.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUp4w9llXZwl1qnAtk by Flux@wandering.shop
       2023-04-18T15:10:12Z
       
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       @justinto Public transit *is* profitable.  But the profits don't accrue on the transit operator's balance sheet, rather in our communities and environment.