Re: Cars make more economic sense than transit: fact

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Mark Gibson (gibson@prairienet.org) wrote:
> Loren Petrich (petrich@netcom.com) wrote:
> >In article <3796547B.844E51C@highway1.com.au>,
> >Iskandar Baharuddin  <brengsek@highway1.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >>The "studies" of the advantages of public transport invariably
> >>leave out one key factor: the value of the time of the
> >>passenger.
> >
> >	However, one may like to have one's time available for doing 
> >things other than driving, which can be the case in public-transit systems.

> Not much in the way of useful work can be accomplished on transit-scams.
> On those few occasions where I've ridden mass transit (except for
> airliners), I've almost never seen people doing more work than reading
> the newspaper, and the environment seemed to make that very difficult.

Try some of the medium distance commuter trains in Sweden some time.
Tables for laptops, faxes, etc.

CHeers
David