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



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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