Om Patel on Domestic Transportation
Om Patel
Domestic Transportation
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 Hey Luca, you make some really good points about the traffic and the um transportation, not traffic, I'm sorry, the transportation systems when it comes to the United States of America compared to other places and countries like Europe.
- 0:10 Um I would say the biggest issue that I have personally with the transportation system right now is the sentiment that people have towards public transportation.
- 0:19 And I think that sentiment is that people think public transportation is gonna be a bigger hassle, especially if you're living in cities like Atlanta where the MARA system isn't as robust as in subway systems in New York.
- 0:30 I think people look at it as a hassle.
- 0:32 So I think making the switch to where people are more likely and not seeing it as an inconvenience of using public transportation, that's where we really need to focus on.
- 0:43 Um and that just comes with more putting in more money into the infrastructure, making the process a lot more seamless, you know, people not wasting 15-10 minutes going to the station, getting a ticket, and then 15-10 minutes going to wherever they need to go to once they get there.
- 0:54 Like, I mean I think it needs to be um something that needs to be improved so that people's sentiment can change.
- 1:01 And then from there I think we'll start to see some changes, you know, because traffic right now, even in Atlanta, um it's insane.
- 1:09 You know, the difference of leaving between 4:30 and 4 o'clock can add an hour to commute, and I'm not even exaggerating.
- 1:16 So I think that the more money we put into the infrastructure of the transportation systems and the way we switch people's sentiment about using public transportation, I think that's gonna help solve a lot of the issues that we're seeing today.