"If all citizens are equal before law, a bus with 80 passengers has the right to 80 times more street space than a car with one."
Which is why when you see buses whipping past cars stuck in trafficβ€”that's real democracy in action.
Photo: #Istanbul
The corollary: when you see expensive cars parked on sidewalks with impunity, you know you're dealing with a dysfunctional "democracy."
@straphanger ...and when you see a combination of expensive cars and taxpayer-funded cop cars parked all over the sidewalk? #NYC