Re: Light rail gradients (and my fantasy Wollongong light rail system)

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

Bradley Torr wrote in message <39674c88@pink.one.net.au>...
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>Barry Campbell wrote in message ...
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>>BTW, poor people can't afford public transport, they can only afford cars.
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>What exactly do you mean by this?
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For normal living, especially if you have kids, you need a car. Once you
have a car the marginal cost of travel is quite small. Using public
transport, on the other hand, has a high marginal cost. Poor people a
rational people (They have to be) so they drive.


Barry Campbell