Re: Bus Privatization

[Bob Tiernan <zulu@teleport.com>]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Peter Parker wrote:

> A city such as Toronto has a grid network based on the above.  If you
> look at the route kilometres of service provided, it is not much more
> than Melbourne.  However their patronage is 2 to 3 times us, and a
> much greater percentage of their population has access to frequent
> public transport than us.  Why?


Because U.S. city or metro area governments are less interested
in efficient agencies than they are in tapping into tax dollars.


 Bob Tiernan 
         

             "I don't work with collectives.  I don't consult,
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                               -- Howard Roarke
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