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| (...) Mass transit can work for day-to-day useage if the places you want to go are convenient to the mass transit lines. In Boston they are. Part of this is that many of the buisiness districts were developed before the car, and therefore are along (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I used to do a Christmastime shopping spree in Boston using the T. I would walk down to a bus station from my mom's house (a 5 minute walk), and then hit a bunch of stores all over Boston (and one out in Malden). My spree was not as efficient (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm familiar with that Boston trolley history, but NY is a little different. The underground lines for the most part date from a 1900 city-financed project let out to a contractor. It was charted to serve Manhattan and the Bronx. Other (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No, not exactly. More like it has to be driven by market forces. NY subway, arguably one of the best US ones (in terms of routes, connections and coverage possible), is a socialized amalgam of several competing subway lines that were built by (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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