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Re: Age limitations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 6 Jul 2000 19:43:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Again, Zurich is anomalous, it's very dense and it's socialized but (in
> response to Dave S.) I indeed was able to go shopping using the tram. I hit 4
> toy shops that were all over the city in a matter of 90 minutes, it took me
> about 9 different tram/bus rides and i never had to wait for a tram or byus
> more than 5 minutes at any transfer or stop.
I have no doubt that an effective mass transit system is possible, and in
some regions even necessary, but in the (only) five cities where I've lived,
mass transit couldn't compete against cars for convenience. I guess that's my
thesis, in fact; mass transit can be a very effective means of transport, but
it won't become a full-fledged alternative until it is of approximately equal
convenience, both in terms of personal cost and personal availability.
Dave!
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 | | Re: Mass transit (nee Age) Limitations
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| (...) And one day you'll (maybe) be grocery shopping for a family of 4, and you'll think Wow, it would suck to have to carry all this on the trolley, every week. I'm a do-things-for-yourself kind of guy. Yet my NLSO thinks it's great when we can pay (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Age limitations
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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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