Public Transportation Advocate Gifts

U.S. Passenger Rail

Is Driving Doomed?

Replacement Bus Spotters.

SF NO

"About time they did something about the rats!"

We're not picking you up from field hockey. Take the late bus. Ok then. I'll get home at 8:30, miss dinner and have no time to study. I'll fail my classes, never get a job and live the rest of my life with you. Not true! You have a bright future as an extortionist. Or soap opera star!

They Always Say That

Elderly lady being pulled up an out-of-order stair lift by her pet dog.

Please Give this Seat to Someone Wealthier or More Influential

'Quicker to cycle anyway, mate...'

'Hey, none of us like having to fly south every year, but couldn't you have taken a bus?'

"It's time to put up rail fares again. . . What are we thinking?"

'Now we have the chief executive of Wigwam rail, how can you justify the enormous fair increases.'

"We utterly condemn the striking railway workers for punishing the people of Great Britain. . . that's our job. . .!"

"It'll have to come down."

End Of The Line

Man - spreading.

Train Arrivals

"I'd like a couple of rail replacement buses please. . ."

Central Valley Express

'It's an app that tells me when metro will get its act together.'

Three people waiting in a queue.

"I dare say there is more leg room Sir, but overhead lockers are for luggage only!"

A subway train waits with people at the tracks.

Hop on and Hop off sign on the side of a bus

'They had the idea to fix the roads by killing mass transits.'

Journey to work on the train.

U.S. Rail System

"First Class?" - "No....Staff."

'Our fare hike will leave service at the same level, just like guess what?'

Commuting

"It all started when we adopted a highway."

'Stop complaining...at least we get a choice!'

"I know it's yesterday's ticket! - That's when I got on this bloody train!"

'If no one rides it, is it still mass transit?'