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Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)



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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
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