β€œThe whole idea that we should all own electric cars is ludicrous! … The answer is public transit.”

β€”sing it, David Suzuki! He’s live on CBC Radio in Canada, complaining about Via Rail…an angry old man after my own heart.

@straphanger Hear, hear. If all the money poured into self-driving vehicles had instead funded subways, light-, and long-distance-rail, we'd be set.

(Granted, there are always risks of encountering Strangers on a Train, but that's a small price to pay for car-free convenience.)