On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 01:47:15PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > just to put it out there, another way to look at that stat: > > assuming 2 trips per work day for commuting, that is 1,327,822,650 > work round trips per year or 5,311,291 man/years of work commuting or > 28% of commutes. Obviously there are huge assumptions (including the > idea that all 18million people commute to work). No matter how you > slice it, though, it is actually a significant portion of the regional > transportation. Whether that is a "success" or not is debatable, but > I think you'd have to agree that putting that many trips back onto the > highways and surface streets would be a problem. > You are absolutely right. I am just tired of the "public transportation will fix everything" statements. It is a huge accomplishment. However, NYC and Chicago represent the absolute *best* in US public transportation. Everything after them is on a steep slope to insignificance. If you consider the cost to tax payers, most cities' public transportation is a collosal waste of money.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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