Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Old people need #publictransit. U.S. leaves them stranded.

Al Jazeera America: "The U.S. ranks lower than Slovenia on “enabling environment” – social connections, safety, civic freedom, and access to public transport."

“...We, as Americans, need to imagine what it means to grow old,” Brown said. “We need to decide how, as a society, we want to treat people who grow old … What kind of roads we’re going to put in. What kind of public transportation.”