Originally Posted by
downtube42
It's really about making travel as quick and convenient as possible, and the overall system easy to use. In urban grid cities, getting anywhere with one transfer is ideal. In more linear areas, mainline routes with feeder lines may serve the purpose.
Many transit planners look at their current ridership and design convoluted routes to cover current high volume spots. Not a plan for anything but maintaining the status quo.
Mass transit is suffering set backs and reduced ridership so yes they are cutting back to protect budgets. And there are problems we haven’t even imagined.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lat...outputType=amp
and then there is new competition.
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/01/uber-lyft-ride-hailing-impact-public-transit-ridership/581062/