alt Hacker NewsI went down a rabbit hole a couple years back, and it blew my mind to learn that many modern bus routes just replicate streetcar service that was discontinued (and the tracks torn up) 70-80 years ago.
I went down a rabbit hole a couple years back, and it blew my mind to learn that many modern bus routes just replicate streetcar service that was discontinued (and the tracks torn up) 70-80 years ago.
That isn't a surprise as people build their life around what they can do. If can make a trip they will and so those routes tend to stay useful/busy. There are sometimes better routes we could use instead today, but often the existence of those routes 70 years ago set how the city grew and so those are still useful routes.