On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:46:07 -0500,
(Matthew Russotto) wrote:

>
>>Most people live in cities with public buses. Most people are capable
>>of walking to a bus stop. It's cheap and it's healthy.
>
>It's not efficient.

It gets people to where they want to go faster than walking, and in
many cases faster than a bike.

> Nor all that cheap,

Eh?

What's the typical fare for public transportation? About $1?

That is cheap!

>though it is cheaper than
>owning and operating a car.

It's not even comparable to paying for a car.

>And lots of people live outside of
>cities, or in cities with a very poor bus system.

But MOST people live in cities. Even cities with "very poor" bus
systems manage to move people around.

All this talk of "very poor" bus systems is just a scam by those who
would profit from light rail.