I haven't really been following this thread particularly, but I've been aware that it's going on. So when I saw this I thought it might be of interest: http://www.environment.ucf.edu/bikepath/27%20Reasons%20to%20Bike.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6dzrmy The killer quote is "The notion that more cars equals more wealth is really more myth than reality." and it goes on to say "It found that, among cities in the developed world, regional wealth (as measured by per capita gross regional product - or GRP) actually goes down as car use go up. In other words, the more we drive, the poorer we get...." There's some very interesting stuff in there. All academically referenced. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 04 December 2008 21:45 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: Union Station Grand Hall > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > On 12/4/08, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Cars and trucks have the advantage of free, government > constructed and > >> maintained roads, bridges and other infrastructure for > much of their > >> travel. Even toll roads don't come anywhere close to the cost of > >> building and maintaining trackage. > >> > > > > I'm all for user fees. If you don't use it, you shouldn't > have to pay > > for it, etc., etc. But why is it that toll roads always suck? I > > think the worst roads I've ever driven have had toll booths - the PA > > turnpike (better than it used to be, but still not good), > that pothole > > parade from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, and that one time in > Chicago when > > it cost me more coming back and I got to drive on less of it. > > > You should drive the Mass Pike. Once outside of the City of > Boston it's > well maintained and a wonderful ride. On the other hand Connecticut > removed all tolls from it's highways about 20 years ago and > outside of > the "big" cities, (yes, those of you who live in Chicago and LA can > laugh now if you'd like), the highways are well maintained. > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind > word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
