Sérstök viðhorf til strætisvagna

"Reykjavík er fyrsta borgin sem ég bý í þar sem engar almenningssamgöngur eru á helgarnóttum," segir Charlotte Ó. Ferrier. Henni kom það mjög á óvart, "sér í lagi þar sem Íslendingar segjast vera framarlega í umhverfismálum". Þá þykir henni viðhorf Íslendinga til strætisvagna sérstakt. "Mér finnst frábært að námsmenn fái frítt í strætó og velti fyrir mér hvort slíkt myndi ekki leysa umferðarvandann í Reykjavík. Svarið er svo sannarlega ekki að gera fleiri götur. Það var reynt í Bretlandi og stuttu síðar var umferðin alveg jafn slæm."

I was working over the weekend and finished after the buses stopped. It reminded me that Iceland is the first city i have ever lived in that does not have night buses. For a country that prides itself on being so forward and green, it's actually very backward. It's seems crazy that people have to get taxis home. Allowing people to get buses home after going downtown would hopefully further reduce drink driving.

I think it's fantastic that students have free bus passes, it has encouraged more people to not use their cars as much, and hopefully the increase in the volume of passengers will make the buses more frequent and open up more routes. It would be great if all buses were free, like in Akureyri. Think how much less traffic there would be in the morning! Especially as most cars only have one person inside.

Companies should encourage their employers to be more 'green', by taking the bus or 'carpooling' (when a few collegues organise to come to work together in one car) I was really happy to hear that VGK Hönnun hf has already started such an incentive, such as buying bus passes for the employees and providing cars at the office for emergencies, or doctors appointments etc..

The answer definitely isn't building more roads. They did that in the UK and a short while later the traffic was just as bad.