On 2 Mar, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:09:18PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 1 Mar, Steve Lamb wrote: >> > >> > Er... in what reality? Pretty much every major metro area that >> > has tried public transportation it has ended up not really >> > improving things, costing more than projected and has all around >> > been a serious financial sink-hole. Are there exceptions, sure, but >> > exceptions to a general rule of failure do not make a sound case >> > for universal acceptance. >> > >> >> Care to back that up with some statistics? >> > Here is a list of cities to which I have travelled that attempted to > put public transportation in place which still have massivley > attrocious traffic problems (hint: that is an indicator that enough > people use the public transportation systems): > > Seattle, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Miami, Orlando, > Tampa, Jacksonville (though they have improved more than most), > Atlanta >
I asked for statistics, not personal experience/opinion. Specifically, to back up the claim "pretty much every metro area" that has tried public transportation has not really improved things despite large expense. Your anecdotal impressions do not answer the question. -Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Christopher Judd, Ph. D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]