Do you use public transportation?

I think it's rude to have to make a mother stand while holding her child. Even if she didn't have a child, I would have still offered my seat to her.
I don't like taking the city bus where I live because I have in the past and there have been some really creepy people. One time this woman randomly asked me if I had lotion and I told her no. She got angry with me and started ranting about how every woman should carry lotion around with them. She should have been reminding herself. But yeah, I just haven't had great experiences involving public transportation, but as long as I'm with a friend or two, I'm fine with it.

Hey, Zhizho!
In my country there are big economical problems, so very often that old people, pregnant moms, mother with children must take a public bus. Often also there aren't any sitting places. In my city we have Bus and train. That's all... and Bus come very rarely... It's sad, but what we can do?:)
Have a great day! Happy lotting!

hi, public transportation is the cheapest means here in our city specially in Bangalore and it gives good and better facility so I prefer to take it,well about the incident you mention I feel bad,but this are all civics which nobody can teach but should come from itself and is just a respect ..

I use public transportation and it is something not really luxurious but it gets me from one place to the other. Cheers!!

hi
yeah public transport can get a bit crowdy, though i don't have problems adjusting to that... to mostly travel on public transport, after having my license i will have the pleasure of having my own vehicle... but i think public transport helps lower down pollution.... elder people need to be given preference and the younger ones should give them seats.

I always use public transport to go anywhere.Partly my parents are busy and I have no other alternative for me to move around to go somewhere.And so i tried to use public transport and hence it becomes very important and crucial to me.Usually in my area there are not many people who use public transport to go around because they own their own car.Just imagining the bus service is no longer available i would die.

Well in India also public transport is used a lot.There are some places here where people are known for their illiteracy and uncivilized behavior.However where I live people are very well mannered and hey give seat to women if they are standing.In fact the front couple of rows are specially reserved for female and handicapped people.And the best part is that people do follow these rules.

I feel the same way when I see older people, women with child standing and men are sitted comfortably. In this country where I am now, I have observed it a lot of times, unlike in my own country, I still see men offer their seat with older people and women with kids are given a priority to be seated first.

It is a matter of courtesy and sad to say, this country is last on the list. Sorry guys, this is what I observe as a foreigner living in your land. Most men aren't gentlemen. And they would push you to get in the bus without discipline of waiting for their turn to get seated or so.

Probably it will never be the same with my own country because this is what they are and to what their society have brought them. You will never observe something different if you haven't been to another country, that is what all I can say. Anyway not much transportation to where I stay. They don't have buses that runs 24/7 like I used to get in my own country. They don't have jeeps and tricycles here. They have rickshaws and trains, although we have trains in our country too.

I hate the behavior of a couple of young people.I go to work by city bus every day,I often see old people stand there,but many young people sit comfortable.Once my wife and I go to hospital by bus,beacuse my wife is childing,there are many people in the bus,but no one to my wife seats,I am very angry,my friend like me,I don't know the why?But the kind of practice is wrong!

I don't use public transportation here in California - however, if it were more reliable, convenient and comes around more often, I wouldn't mind using it. The bus comes around every TWO HOURS. That's a long time! There is also the issue with "creepy" people using public transportation - not cool.

However, when I was in college up North, I used the university-run public transportation. It was really cheap, and really clean because all the students use it. It was also convenient - they have enough buses to come around every 15 minutes.

I know NYC, SF, and Boston have a rail system - I wish LA's rail system was as efficient as those cities. HMPH!