W. K. Lis
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convenience, I can drive anytime anywhere day or night,TTC is not as flexible,in other words, if I wanna go to the gym at 5 am, I go, I don't have to wait for a bus etc..
or worry about what schedule TTC is that day.
I just feel uncomfortable around so many people pack in so tight. when I look at a rush hour TTC bus or subway car,it's jam packed and I couldn't stand that. Gas and cars would have to be VERY expensive for me to even consider TTC.
How about safety? You will more likely survive taking public transit than taking a car.
From grist.org:
You may have heard the statistic: last year, 33,963 Americans died in motor vehicle crashes.
It's a huge number. And that's the problem. It's so huge that it's difficult to comprehend.
In a blog post yesterday, Biking in LA tried to bring that number down to a more understandable scale by putting it into the context of the Chilean miner story that has transfixed the world:
In the 10 weeks since the 33 miners were trapped ... over 6,500 people died on American streets, based on statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
In the same period, roughly 850 pedestrians and 140 bicyclists were killed in motor vehicle collisions. ...
And no one even noticed.
No massive press response. No live coverage. ...
Those same statistics tell us that of the millions of people who will leave their homes today, 93 won't return. ...
It's just collateral damage. The price we've come to accept for the privilege of getting from here to there. 93 people every day. 651 every week. 2,830 every month.
This is one of the reasons it's so important to reform our transportation system so that fewer people have to rely on cars to go about their daily business: those 93 people who don't come home every day. Think of it as a rescue mission.
Driving a car is the most unsafe mode of transport. More children get killed being driven to school than those who walk, bike, or use the bus (school or public transit).
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