Thursday, February 13, 2014

Sleeping On the Train



Public transportation consists of buses, trains, cabs and many more. There are pros and cons when dealing with public transportation. One good thing about public transportation is that it gets you to your desired destination. Although, public transportation has a few bad things like delayed services, dirtied surroundings, and cramped spaces.
My experience with transportation is not the best. I feel like I have bad luck whenever I travel back home from work. For example, I usually have to smell a homeless person on the train and it smells really awful. It smells up the whole cart the homeless person would have their bags and all sorts of other stuff that they carry around with them. Not only that but they would lay on all four chairs and take up all the space. “Metro states that in recent weeks, an average of about 135 homeless people were staying at the station each night and using it as a place to sleep. They say that passengers complained about some "extremely unpleasant sanitary issues." (Gallegos, 2013) Which I agree because people sit in the train also they have to hold on the pole to keep balance from falling. Not only grown folks but kids and babies ride the train and it is very unhealthy for kids to be exposed to that type of environment.   
Work Cited
Gallegos G., Emma. “Union Station Boots Out Homeless People Using It As A Shelter,”  Gothamist LLC 2003-2010. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
 
 

 

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