I know the easy answer is politics but it has to be more complicated that that because evacuations tend to involve other things that go against certain politics (like free food and open shelters). And even though somewhere like Florida doesn’t have tons of public buses, it would be logistically relatively easy to redirect the ones they do have plus school buses and private buses that are currently in disuse. Or for Amtrak to send extra trains down there, like cities do for sporting events. I’m seeing a lot of people online who seem like they’d be willing to jump on the first train/bus/plane to literally anywhere. What’s the logic in not making that more available as an option?
I’m using the US but I do feel like it’s not something you see even in general, at least not as much as expected.
Are there more complex reasons that I’m not considering?
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what makes you think they arent used?? lots of public transporation is available to get residents to shelters
the biggest hindrance to public transport is people. people want to evacuate with suitcases; pets; family heirlooms/momentos. public transit cant accomodate that, at least not in a way that makes busses more effective than cars.
saying you want to evacuate asap online and actually evacuating through any means necessary often are clashing portrayals of action
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