Randall Cutting may have misinterpreted the census figures when he says that 73% of workers drive cars in the city.
I believe that those figures are for Minneapolis residents who work and drive, not all people who work in Minneapolis. Remember what you read here about all of "the suburbanites who drive to work in the city." By the way, the table of selected economic characteristics that contains the commute to work figures shows about 16,800 who are in the labor force but apparently didn't answer the commuting question, about 7.5% of the total. Remember that about 78% (and rising) of the trips in England are made by car, so this isn't an American characteristic. Visit www.EffectiveTransit.org The Independent Unsubsidized Voice of Citizens for Effective Transit in the Twin Cities (no lrt) * lrt isn't a potato chip, you can stop at just one * Bruce Gaarder Highland Park Saint Paul MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
