Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)
On 3/2/07, Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
if you compare motor vehicle traffic in those cities, you see that even
the two *best* public transport cities in the US can't even make public
transport work for a *majority* of their residents.
First, can't you read? New York and Chicago are, according to some
absolute numbers, the *largest* public transportation systems; nothing
to do with the *best*.
As for public transportation working for a majority of the residents, I hope
you realize that in the US the majority of affluent people would rather not
use public transportation because of the stigma associated with it ("other
people smell, the seats are dirty, etc.")
They prefer to drive from the suburbs in their SUVs, even if it takes longer.
As a result, most passangers are those that have no alternatives. And
the ones that have them work hard at keeping them, sabotaging public
transportation in favor of more freeway lanes.
The US mentality of the car being king is too entrenched to make it
disappear overnight.
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