Mark StosbergFeb 13

Take note ye cities which promote sustainable transport but don’t have a complete plan for safe and dignified car-free winter transportation.

Seen here: Bloomington, Indiana. https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116053908200877297

Show threadUrbanGRFeb 13
@markstos Definitely count Grand Rapids, MI. Once a real leader for a city our size, the public transit system has been slowly falling apart for years now - and quite conspicuously: nobody cares. Yet from the city it is "Green" and "Equity" on every PowerPoint slide. #GrandRapidsMI
Show threadMark Stosberg

@urbangr I would say Bloomington cares, but feels like we have snow on the ground about three weeks out of the year lately. And transit service has a chicken/egg problem with growing their service level and ridership levels.

I’m not sure what’s viable but this feels insulting. The bus agency also recently replaced hard-sided bus shelters which blocked the weather with perforated metal which lets wind, water and snow through, citing vandalism of the plexiglass sides.

Feb 13 at 1:52pmWeb
Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 15
@markstos @urbangr Service level and ridership level is only chicken and egg if public transit is seen as commercial enterprise. Especially local public transit should always be seen as a cost centre to make the community liveable.