On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:09:23PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > 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. > agreed. phew. ;-) A
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