11-24-2017, 12:40 PM
(11-24-2017, 12:33 PM)Coke6pk Wrote:Quote:Users will "update their perception" by buying a car and driving it instead, regardless of actual safety.
If half-shields are the only factor between riding a bus and car ownership, I would be shocked. People who need to get somewhere will not refuse because the employee is in a protective bubble. Millions use NYC cabs, and they all have protective barriers.
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It is not the *only* issue, but like everything else in life, it's a marginal issue, it contributes to a decision. And yes, people who have no choice but to ride the bus will not change their life, but choice riders may.
And yes, in NYC nobody would even flinch about it. We aren't NYC.
Like I said, I don't necessarily think this is the wrong choice, I haven't looked at the actual data in context, but if you refuse to acknowledge the real costs to it, then you aren't considering it objectively.