how common is public transport in other countries? how common is it in the states?
/bus/ thread
Ayden Gomez
Tyler Williams
Here in Bongistan it's pretty high quality (not including railway shit, but the buses are pretty cosy most of the time)
Ryan Cruz
>alone on a bus for while it's 5AM
i wish moments like those would last forever, I think it's a shame I sleep through the best parts of nighttime.
Dylan Price
In the states, all of the public transit systems look like this because there are so many minorities.
Brandon Cook
my bus is filled with old white/black/latina people and highschool kids. then
saw an old woman giving this 15 year old advice today lol. it was cute
are the buses loud over there
Gabriel White
Trains, buses, and underground trains are all the go-to transport method to move within the city. It's usually cheaper than having a car but dont expect to be able to sit during commute times.
I live in Buenos Aires
Christopher White
I live in Romania (yes shithole country)
Public transport is mostly being used by boomers and old farts and they're occupying seats in buses because they don't have cars and have free time. They're not doing anything anyways, they just randomly go in different places and use it for fun. They will yell at you if you are younger and don't give your seat to theirs. They can go around a church 3 times on their knees but can't stand up 5 minutes in public transport. Fucking boomers.
Also from that, a lot of kids / younger people / stundents use it because they have no car.
And then it's just middle aged people.
Dylan Thomas
I live in France and buses/metro are very common, especially for poorfags like me who can't afford cars. In big cities even some richfags use public transport because socialist mayors are hostile to cars in general. In my city you see all sorts of people, teenagers and kids going to school, wagies going to work, old people just going to the city center, etc.
Jack Phillips
(same romanianfag)
You can go in different places with it but mostly it's crowded as fuck. You have to be careful with your valuables because gypoos are hunting for money.
Recently we have received new buses, and they have AC so it's nice. But we are still using trams and they're old as fuck and during the summer it's hot as fuck and smells like shit because peasants / gypoos.
Tickets are very cheap, or you can have a subscription. But a lot of kids and gypoos / peasants don't buy tickets. You can rarely get caught, but it still happens.
t. romanianfag
Connor White
Third world robot. This is the only public transport you can get
>They're crowded as shit
>THE FUCKING HEAT
>It's common to be seated somewhere with a metal rod sticking in your back and risk getting it lodged in you in case of an accident
>if you're tall for (third world standards) you're just fucked
>The driver doesn't give a shit if you're running late he'll wait for the entire bus to fill up even if it takes more than 30 minutes
>You risk getting beaten up, mugged or both at any second
>Accidents are common
>Your stop depends on where the drivers wants to go and what streets are available
>You have to scream for when you want to get off
>If anyone wants to get off the bus who is sitting in the far back everyone on the bus has to get off
>smokers in general
Oliver Brown
Forgot to add pic fugg
Jason Anderson
Finland here, pretty common I guess.
Buses, metroes and trams are used by many, mostly by students and women since they usually don't have cars.
Trains are pretty commonly used, not that many people use them everyday but still.
Public transportation is fucking expensive here and despite that, things don't run quite smoothly. Buses typically come few minutes late and it's quite normal that during winter basically all trains are 20+ mins behind the schedule.
Jose Stewart
Singapore.
We have a nice subway going on. It gets you to places, though not very efficiently if compared to other major asian cities. but a decade ago, someone started cheaping out and awarding tenders to chinese factories. It breaks down at random, is always overcrowded, and around 8am on weekday mornings it stinks thanks to the newspaper reading salarymen.
Pic related, there was a huge breakdown years ago and it was revealed that cable ties were used to hold them up
The upside...at least it exists and we're not all forced to own cars, since each car is taxed around US$35k per unit purchased, then plus other regular taxes and the cost of the car itself
Leo Green
I live in rural to suburban America
The city bus goes by near my house twice a day and goes like 5 miles up the road one way and five another way
Then you have to connect to another bus that doesnt come for and hour
You cant really use it to get somewhere on time
There are also charter buses that take you between major cities for about 20 to 40 bucks that are fun for little weekend trips or whatever
Logan Cook
I live in Bogota. Traffic is a nightmare during rush hour and most people can't afford a car so we have to get into these crowded pieces of junk to get anywhere in less than one hour.
In what kind of shithole do you live? We also have minibuses here, we call them "colectivos", but it isn't nearly as extreme. They still suck, and you're still fucked if you're tall, though.
Jacob Walker
>underground trains
they are called subways, user
Elijah Long
Lebanon. We generally call them vans
These are aometimes available in some areas. The sitting conditions are usually better (if you can find a seat) but they usually take twice as much time to fill up, stop alot, and take more time because they're bigger
Cooper Hill
i reckon you are from peru?
also, whole lotta fellow latinamericans in this thread
Landon Morgan
Here in Orlando we have Lynx and Sunrail. Sunrail is absolutely shit even compared to some heritage railroads in Japan.
That being said I stay in Japan about a month a year and I walk to the train station and take the uchibo line to Soga and the Sobu rapid line into Tokyo. It's pretty great. Also I went to New York and MTA is utter shit. The Ginza line is about just as old and doesn't have the bullshit that MTA does.
Benjamin Roberts
Nope sandnigger bot
Adam Peterson
True Washington metro is the fucking worst.
Bentley Johnson
its common and comfy over here in the united states
this too
Tyler Powell
What's funny is our busses in Orlando come once a hour yet are empty. So the big brain thing to do is use smaller busses right? Even then they can't manage that.
Oliver Campbell
i wish i was french. sounfs comfy