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The NYC subway count I saw on a sign last Tuesday has me mad at every other city
I was standing on the platform at 14th St waiting for the L and there's one of those little info boards that says the system moves 3.6 million riders on an average weekday. That number floored me because my hometown bus system back in Ohio brags about 40,000 riders a DAY and acts like it's a big deal. So I looked it up after and the NYC trains run 24 hours while most cities shut down at midnight or earlier, which means if you work a late shift you're just stuck. My friend in Nashville says her last bus home leaves at 10:15pm and if she misses it that's a $30 ride share, every single time. We keep hearing about how great other cities are doing with transit but nobody wants to admit the gap is not small, it's huge. Why do we treat a bus that shows up every 45 minutes like it's normal and acceptable?
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