-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> Now the question is, do you really need three motor vehicles, or are two >> of 'em a crutch for not leaning on your local officials to fix public >> transport? > > Paul, public transportation is a farce, plain and simple. It comes down > to one simple fact. Personal transportation gets you from point A to point B > faster than public ever will. There's no getting around that fact. No > denying it. And people, rightly so, value their time far too much to use > public transportation unless they absolutely HAVE to. Period. It's a joke > otherwise. > I beg to differ.
In a good public transportation system like we have here, I can drive to the nearest airport in about an hour. I can take a bus and transfer to the train that will drop me off in the middle of the airport in less time (between 30-48 minutes). Why? Because a) a bus comes every seven minutes b) I don't have to deal with the traffic (which is bad at times). Plus side, don't have to search for a parking space, minus side have to lug the suitcases on the bus/train. Where I live, it is the _bicycle_ that is the preferred method of transportation. Not so bad when the weather is nice, but I'm too Americanized to use it for my grocery shopping (although there are a lot of Dutch who do). Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF5ohEiXBCVWpc5J4RAkDhAKCJYv3Uj9HQ2rzHLORKZmPZlo3NfQCgx/vv yyErYHJa7FUzUTOeRVhRmnQ= =PpNM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
