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Re: Age limitations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 20:05:31 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Funny, in the US anyway, it seems that the public transit that works the best
> was built a long time ago by private companies, and the public transit built
> recently in cities that didn't have any doesn't usually work at all.
So you're saying the public transportation needs to be in place before the
city?
Makes sense to me -- if a city-organism is in the mode of transporting by
car, it makes little sense to for it to jump to public transportation mode,
just because a little rail system is inserted.
Public transportation doesn't work unless it is very broad -- it must go
everywhere, all of the time. I commuted to work on the bus a couple of
times in SoCal, but it really wasn't worth the bother -- I had to drive
across town (local town, not the M.A.) to get to the station, then the
cattle car went on the same freeway as everyone else, and then I had to
catch a cross-town bus on a street corner where every bus line stopped.
It was a royal pain, and definitely no faster, easier, or cheaper than
driving. Well, maybe cheaper, but I'd have to sit down and do a lot of
math to be sure.
Steve
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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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