Rough Ride: Public transport skirts around poor areas in the US

[DeSwiss]

- Thank goodness for RT, or we'd never hear this story. And the discrimination would be complete......

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1. Yes, a good Google search phrase for this is "Transit Racism"

Here's the Slate Magazine article that the video is probably referring to:

America’s Unfair Rules of the Road, How our transportation system discriminates against the most vulnerable, Slate Magazine, 2/27/15

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/02/america_s_transportation_system_discriminates_against_minorities_and_poor.html

[DeSwiss]

2. I know......

...it's referenced in the RT story. Unlike NBC, ABC, or CBS, et.al.; who could give less than a shit for the poor. I wouldn't be caught dead fighting-off cookie cooties at Slate, unless I felt compelled to throw caution to the wind and expose myself to their prosaic inanities. And only then if the story came through a reputable source

- Like RT.

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3. And this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/mgm-national-harbor-says-public-buses-wont-have-access-to-casino-site/2015/03/11/b9ca9c8c-c682-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html

Workers and gamblers who were hoping to take the bus to the new MGM National Harbor casino when it opens next year are out of luck, according to the company’s transportation plan.

In a letter to Prince George’s County officials, MGM asserts that its guests won’t be using public transportation and that the number of employees using transit to get to work will be “almost non-existent.” Therefore, the company says, “there are no expectations that public buses will be able to access the site.”

MGM’s plan is a blow to transit advocates and those in Prince George’s who hoped the $1.2 billion casino would become a transit model for the Washington region, and they say the company’s decision to not include bus stops is a break from previous commitments. . . .

Public transit advocates and civic and labor leaders contend that access to the facility by public transportation is essential for workers and residents. They dispute MGM’s estimates that only 1 to 2 percent of the resort’s workforce will use public transportation.

[DeSwiss]

4. The problem with local reportage.....

...is that the overall issue is a systemic one. Most of these municipalities are receiving huge amounts of federal transportation funding but low-income citizens don't count in their equations if they don't have a car. And so the larger picture of this problem is lost. Which is how this insidious form of discrimination has continued for so long.

And to make matters worse, one end of the social service safety-net network demands its clients must seek and find work to continue to receive food stamps and/or other forms of public assistance. But on the other end of the social spectrum, the city bosses decide to take away their access to employment via transportation. When none of the jobs are in the inner city, but in the suburbs.

This is not a new problem. But none of the big boys of the MSM are concerned. So it ends up stuck in the local news section of newspapers like the WashPo and yet its Washington's negligence on the issue that is at the root of the problem.

- Because they don't sell ad space to sponsors of the MSM who cater to their demographic.....

[KoKo]

6. +1

[stonecutter357]

5. rt

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7. K & R for RT and exploding heads.

[DeSwiss]

10. ....

[LiberalElite]

8. Not in NYC -

transit (subways and buses) goes everywhere.

[DeSwiss]

9. Yeah, but who can afford a car in NYC?

- You have more arterial movement during a coronary thrombosis. And then you have to park:

New York City Parking Space On Sale For $1 Million



The most expensive parking space in New York City history is now for sale.

The $1 million price tag for the 23-foot-by-12-foot slab of space on East 11th Street has already provoked a wave of reactions from experts. Depending on your location, and perhaps the size of your wallet, the cost of the space is:

A) A sign that the convalescing real-estate market has returned to full health.

B) An ostentatious and tone-deaf display of excess.

C) A desperate indication of how parking-poor Manhattan has become.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/21/new-york-city-parking-space-on-sale-for-1-million/

[LiberalElite]

11. Many NYC residents

don't even have drivers licenses because of the excellent transit system. Manhattan has been "parking poor" for decades, so that's not new. Numerous people have become very rich just building parking garages. The price of this parking space IMO is more indicative of the rampant gentrification and rapid Gold Coasting of Manhattan since Bloomberg was mayor for 3 lousy terms.