Comment on 'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours

partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You ain’t wrong, it’s not hard and I’ve done it many times, but as a native to Atlanta I do have to call out that most folks are averse to MARTA because as a general rule it sucks.

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  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also this is the US and most people aren’t savvy enough to figure out public transportation unless they’re in NYC.

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t have light rail in my metro (in the top 15 largest US cities). One of my favorite things to do when visiting other cities on vacation is use their public transit. NYC’s MTA is middle to low quality/price compared to other North American cities. I won’t even compare against Europe, because theirs are so much better overall than ours.

      For North America, NYC needs to up their game compared to the DC metro, Chicago’s L, or Seattle’s Link. San Diego an Toronto are also both nice, but not nearly as much coverage of the metro areas. Boston also gets high marks even though their system and rolling stock looks absolutely ancient. Philly’s Septa is about on par with NYC’s MTA in my opinion, but the cost of MTA is one of the higher priced services for what you get. Chicago CTA’s $5 full day pass Vanta card is the best value I’ve seen in the country.

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      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you ever come to Kansas City,vour buses and streetcar are fare-free. 🤟

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        DC has the best fucking subway. It goes everywhere you want to go and is convenient as shit about it.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fun fact: MARTA and the DC metro use the same rolling stock because they were built at about the same time.

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        DC has the best fucking subway. It goes everywhere you want to go and is convenient as shit about it.

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I had an easy time figuring out San Diego’s public transportation system because I’m from there. Also it runs really well.

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      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        San Diego has a good, simple system for sure.

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    • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You know that Chicago and DC both have robust public transit systems too, right?

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  • Rinox@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve used the MARTA once when I had a long layover in Atlanta and decided to visit the city center. It was fine, really (the metro, not the city. The city was dead. Does anyone even live there?)

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  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    MARTA is so inconvenient. I’m lucky; my family only lives twenty minutes from the airport so I just have to call them when I get in. And even though they’re so close, there’s no public transportation option to even get close to where my family is.

    And God help you if you want to take the bus; those MARTA buses come when the mood hits them.

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    • cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Revisiting and I thought I’d expound, having now lived in a city with somewhat reliable busses it’s insane how bad the bus system is in Atlanta

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    • cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Many years ago comedian Lewis Black called MARTA “the subway to nowhere” and I’ve never heard a more apt description

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• bh11235@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why did you say that name?!

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  • guacupado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Where is she?!

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• Neato@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most travelers won't want to learn a new rail system. They'll probably just get a cab at the stand.

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  • Cheskaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m from Australia; Everyone I know will default to public transport when travelling. My partner and I normally book our accommodation with public transport in mind.

    Using a different public transport system is really not that big a deal…

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been ripped off by enough cab drivers across the United States that I only use taxi cabs as a very last resort.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    MARTA doesn’t have enough rail lines to justify that hesitancy.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The MARTA line at the airport is full-blown heavy rail, thank you very much!

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• stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ok, MARTA really is kind of shit.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I rank MARTA pretty low compared to other cities. Cleveland’s Rapid (RTA) ranks quite a bit higher than Atlanta’s MARTA to me. However, my metro has zero light rail, so I’m still a bit envious of MARTA. As shit as it is, what is more shit is nothing except city busses.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The MARTA line at the airport is heavy rail. You’re right not to rank it that high because there are basically only two main heavy rail lines (with a couple of spurs) so there are a lot of places it doesn’t go, but for the places it does go, it gets there just as fast as any other real subway.

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