Timothy Birdnow

You know, the powers that be have spent years trying to get us to use trains and buses - public transportation. They hate our use of private vehicles and have endlessly extolled the virtues of public transit.

What will they say now?  Stuffing people into public transports is a recipe for viral transmission.  This should seriously dampen any enthusiasm for getting rid of the automobile.

I rather suspect they will simply ignore that aspect of this and go ahead and promote mass transit anyway.

The Boston Mass Transit Authority has reduced it's schedule as has Bi-State in St. Louis. It appears a number of other cities have reduced or modified their schedules.

Frankly, I wouldn't want to ride a bus or train at this point.

But what happens if things get REALLY bad?  They will have to stop service. Then, if you don't own a car you are in trouble. 

These ideas sound so wonderful in the Ivory Tower and the coffee shops but when they actually are put in practice they fail. 

Will this be the end for public transportation?  No. Will this reduce the demands of the environmentalists and the other public transportation enthusiasts?  I rather doubt it.

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