-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/01/07 08:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 1 Mar, Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Joe Hart wrote: >>> > [snip] >> the public transportation is much quicker there. I doubt that any road >> design could compete with a good public transportation system in areas >> with population densities similar to these areas. > > Those are the two big qualifiers: > good > dense > > Most people don't live and work in such areas. > >> By the way, isn't air travel an example of fairly efficient (and >> government subsidized) public transportation, at least long distance >> flights? > > Compared to the size of the daily commute, it's a niche. > > >
Ron, Can you be a little more careful in your editing (snipping)? You are crediting me with statements that I didn't make. As for dense and good, they are both quite relative. The city I live in has about 180,000 people, which by world standards is a small city. The public transportation is still much better here than it is where I lived in the US, which was close to Washington DC. You're quite right that it would take 2 hours to complete a bus trip of 20 miles there. Here on the other hand, the same trip would take most likely 20 minutes because there are dedicated bus routes, so they don't have to mess with the traffic. It does make stops frequently, that's why it takes 20 minutes instead of the 15 it should. The area I live in was not created until the 1970's and it was very well planned. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF5zVuiXBCVWpc5J4RAiXAAJ48JDSiXgPg0q8s+8MfyebU4/GW7gCgqs0P tnsRvRwxZbXA2p2UYGaMXj4= =4Rky -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
