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Originally Posted by soleri
Over time, service may improve as ridership necessarily grows.
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I, on the other hand, think that service must improve first if we want ridership to grow.
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Originally Posted by soleri
Riding the bus is a bit like going to a dive bar and drinking PBR. You want authentic? That's the bus. By contrast, the streetcar is like going to a pleasant coffee bar in the Pearl. I know why people prefer it but they're really missing something, too. Gentrification is inevitable and Portland is benefiting in tangible ways from it. But once all the grit is scrubbed away, Portland will seem much more sanitized and boring. Enjoy the bus while you still can.
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Um, soleri, c'mon. This is kitschy; you're making it about class when it really shouldn't be. No transit system which is successful (in First World countries, anyway) is perceived by its users as gritty. And why should it be. Civic amenities should be
nice so that people are proud of them. You presumably wouldn't advocate building 'downscale' parks and squares in our city, or warehousing our children in 'downscale' schools. So why crow about many of our residents having to ride 'downscale' buses?