[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

a few folks have pointed out that Nashvillians won't want to leave their cars and that's probably true.  Most people just don't know any other way to get around, and they're hesitant to use any public transit due to it's no-so-great reputation here in town.  Until we get a sizable contingency to break the cycle of "public transit is lousy because no uses it / no one uses public transit because it's lousy", this will not succeed.  Well, unless the gov't dumps a buttload of $$$ on it.  In jan of '04 i decided to quit talking about using public transit, and actually do it.  Now, I ride MTA everyday - all over the city.  Sure, it's not the best,...but it's getting better.  I even (gasp) got rid of my car -- donated it to charity.  When the commuter line starts up, i'll be on it -- if for no other reason than to support the principle.

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I wont give up my car but i will definitly be a frequent transiter on the new rail. i used to ride the mta buses everyday for school, when you go to magnet schools in dt nash, thats your only choice, they dont have school busses.

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