Lord knows there are some rather vocal supporters of public transportation out there.

They could generally be described as the riders who ELECT to use public transportation over a car for their daily traversing.  They are a spritely bunch.  As passionate about their underfunded and underrepresented cause as any minority voice.

But have you ever noticed that it’s a minority without many kids?

It’s not like it has completely escaped me that transit-swingers are largely made up of young singles, DINKS, and retired persons, but I only recently became more acutely aware of what I’m terming “the kid-factor”.

What spurred me to this revelation?  Well, having a kid.

Bottomline: Having a kid makes taking public transportation HARDER.  Where once you could jump from feet to bus to escalator to train to bus to feet, now such hopping becomes a slog.  A slow, stroller-folding, elevator-riding slog.

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