Re: Cars make more economic sense than transit: fact

[Iskandar Baharuddin <brengsek@highway1.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> 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

Do you think they would be interested in running a branch line
through Perth to City Beach?

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Izzy

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