Train is leaving 12 minutes late, it is quite full, and the only bathroom on board is out of order and locked.

And people wonder why more Americans don’t want to take mass transit to go places.

— Milena Rodban (@MilenaRodban) July 17, 2022

It was already happening before the pandemic, of course, but I just assume that nothing in this country will work correctly or operate as previously expected. The pandemic and its aftereffects worsened this, but was by no means the primary cause.

The decline is unstoppable and accelerating.