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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