In praise of public transit

I am a social service worker. I ride my bike a lot, and use a car (sometimes because public transit isn’t available), but even with those options, public transit is irreplaceable.

It is our ticket to a greener environment; for me it is the way home after a party, or when I’ve gotten a ride to somewhere, when it’s simply too far on the bike, when I have too much to carry to walk home with, or when I find myself in town without a vehicle.

Many of my clients cannot afford a car, they rely on public transit to get to work or other places. They cannot afford to hire a taxi to go somewhere.

The world needs fewer cars. We need less traffic, fewer accidents, better air quality, less noise pollution — it’s something we should strive towards.

I would happily go without the car if public transit was better in my town, and hopefully one day it will be. Please, use my tax dollars to fund public transit — the world needs it!

S.I. Rosebrock Saanich