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‘It’s literally going to break me.’ Commuting is now unaffordable for some American workers (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here is the title of the post:

‘It’s literally going to break me.’ Commuting is now unaffordable for some American workers

Here is my first comment:

Given the cost of fuel, a bus pass for me (if I still had to commute, I work from home now) for a month is now just over $800/mo. 6 years ago, that was $375/mo. I don’t think the issue is limited to car drivers, I suspect more than a few folks who took public transit with me are looking at a pretty impactful monthly cost.

So no, its not. Its a massively increasing cost that is continuing to trend upward.

Its about as helpful to folks who are being impacted by this as "Just don't go to work!" or "Ride a bike for 50 miles each way every day, problem solved!"

What "just take the bus" does is shift the blame onto the individual being impacted, made worse by the fact that many of those impacted by these rising costs are already taking mass transit. This isn't a "car" problem. This is a "commuter" problem.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

Given the cost of fuel, a bus pass for me (if I still had to commute, I work from home now) for a month is now just over $800/mo. 6 years ago, that was $375/mo.

And you think that the fare increase there is driven by fuel costs alone? Or even that fuel cost is in any way a significant portion of the change?

Not. A. Chance.