The Revitalist

A Venice waterbus.

Venice has too many tourists, and they are making life hard for the city's full-time residents. So, the city has just opened a new waterbus line that caters to residents; it only takes those with a Carta Venezia pass (the pass is discounted for residents, a kind of long-term subway pass). Residents had complained that the waterbuses were so jammed with tourists and their big suitcases that there was little room for regular riders. The mayor said, "If people want to come to Venice they can come, but we have to allow residents to live better." Can you imagine Bloomberg or Daley saying something like that?