Mark Hanson wrote:
A large metro area needs user-friendly, cost-effective public transit,
but to assign the word 'justice' to that goal is a very big stretch. It
implies that that public transit is an entitlement, and the tax base
(collective) needs to accomodate the needs in the name of 'justice'. It
also suggests, I think, an underlying belief that nobody should ever be
inconvenienced or have to solve problems on their own. Not being able
to match bus schedules or LRT routes to your personal needs does not
rise to the level of oppression.
Transportation is absolutely a justice issue. I wouldn't label it
"transportation justice." It's social justice. No reason to fragment
our efforts.
If people cannot get to where they need to go for a job, health care,
food, clothing, etc. then they are suffering oppression.
What will happen to you and me when we have to give up our car keys
due to age or some other reason?
It's absolutely criminal that the recent service cuts stranded a lot
of disabled people in the inner suburbs. I was at the Met Council
hearings on those cuts and people literally begged the council not
to cut them off from their jobs.
Of course the council is not directly to blame. The Governor is
ultimately at fault.
-Dave
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