Talk:Transportation

I think that when comparing public transportation to driving, this page presents a one-sided view, listing only advantages to public transportation and only disadvantages to driving, and I think some of the points could apply to both. For instance, driving is less stressful for some people - there are a whole different set of things to be stressed about over public transportation - you have to know the schedules, transfers can be awkward, and the crowd can induce social anxiety. I don't know if any of these things are worth mentioning, though, because they seem self-evident, and I think the advantages to society from public transportation are much more important to point out. Maybe we could restructure the page so as to have a section on advantages to society as a whole of types of transportation in general, or maybe we could take out some of the stuff about personal advantages and disadvantages, because those don't seem very important to mention, to me. Sylvia (talk) 16:35, 13 September 2013 (EDT)

I agree that it looks one-sided. I think it's worth mentioning things even if they are obvious. What may be obvious to one person too, might not be obvious to everyone. Cazort (talk) 10:07, 14 September 2013 (EDT)

Okay, I've edited the page and I moved the driving section to the beginning and added some stuff. I'm still not satisfied with the section on public transportation. I was going to edit it more, but I can't think of how to do it right now. I think the problem is that I was to distinguish between the benefits of a person taking public transportation, and the benefits of public transportation existing. I think the difference is noteworthy because we can talk about an individual choosing to take public transportation, and what effect that has, as opposed to what transit companies and city governments can do. Sylvia (talk) 19:02, 27 September 2013 (EDT)

Okay, I edited it more, and I think I'm okay with the section now. Basically I moved most of the stuff about negative impacts of driving into the driving section, so that section is longer now. And the section on public transportation is less about NOT driving (because a lot the same things can be said about walking and biking too). I put driving at the beginning because I feel like the page is mostly about reducing the impacts of driving and making society less dependent on driving, so everything else can follow from that. Sylvia (talk) 19:57, 27 September 2013 (EDT)