putt..putt...putt

While most modern cities are striving to improve their rapid transit systems, Miami is working feverishly to weaken theirs. Already they have replaced fast, comfortable, spacious, quiet buses with slow, cramped, wooden-benched trolleys. The drivers of these trolleys, for the most part, speak only one language, Spanish, which would, I think, prove a major problem in an accident. That accident is very likely since many of these drivers engage in animated conversations with the Hispanic commuters packed behind them. They often have to shout because these drivers are also permitted to play, at a loud volume, any music of their choice. Therefore if you're an Anglo who likes classical music, you may have to spend a half an hour in cramped discomfort listening to the local Hispanic rock station. You might ask why do the residents of Miami put up with this? Because, unlike the buses, the trolleys are free.Why? I have no idea. There are still buses, of course, but they don't run as often or make as many stops. Not that the trolleys are all that dependable. But you know when one is coming. You can hear it.