On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 6:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In this country, there is no such thing as profitable mass transit. Maybe > >later on once people give up driving long distances in their cars... But > not > >yet. > > And this is the problem with mass transit. It is the govenment deciding > that we should be using something most of us don't want to use. They decide > then to take money from the bad, individualistic citizens to support the > actions of the lemmings that will do their bidding. > > If mass transit were really a better way of going, then people would pay > the true value for it. > > Yeah, I know the arguments that we all benefit from mass transit because > there are fewer cars on the road, less polution, etc, etc. It's just of the > government trying to create a dependence in us. > --------------------------------------
Mass transit is great when your population saturation is high enough. You get a ride to the station, hop on a train and get off near work. You then walk the 5,10, 20+ blocks to the workplace. Unfortunately the USA was designed around a cheap gas model where under 1.00 per gal has been the norm for decades. That has lead to suburban sprawl and moms driving super big SUVs to take 2 or 3 kids to soccer practice. It is hard to give up the sprawl and go back to a more centralized environment where mass transit works. Buses are now getting a higher rider share then they use to. That is a good thing. That bus will still be on the street, your vehicle doesn't need to be all the time. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
