I’m gonna rant about the trash public transportation in my city (and why it needs more investment). Im sure A LOT of people can relate to these issues.
The ONE ONLY TRAIN LINE IN MY ENTIRE FUCKING CITY only comes out to the outskirts where I live at the ass crack of dawn and would cause me to be dropped of at work almost an hour early. It also doesn’t pick up at the station by my work until almost an hour after I get off. If I were to take public transport, I would have to completely re arrange my work schedule and I would be out of the house from 6am til 6:30pm every weekday which would end any weekday evening plans. The ONE AND ONLY TRAIN also doesn’t run on weekends at all and you can forget about buses.
(No I am not interested in getting a job closer to home or changing cities because I actually like my job and the benefits it offers, most jobs close to home aren’t as good)
The housing is NOT affordable closer to the city where public transport is more accessible. Frankly, housing isn’t really affordable hardly anywhere period. This forces me and everyone I know to commute in unpredictable traffic and waste money on gas and car maintenance and drive on poorly maintained roads riddled with potholes. (Not to mention cops eager to pull people over)
My city also is investing in improving the football stadium but not the public transport 🙄.
What is some direct action or protests I could take to Improve this situation for my city? For the record, the city is Nashville Tennessee.
