Re: Cars make more economic sense than transit: fact

[gibson@prairienet.org (Mark Gibson)]

Matt Cremer (Matthew.Cremer@Aspect.com.au) wrote:
>qldspeed wrote in message <379c4c3d.8135048@bri-news.tpg.com.au>...
>...
>>Even people who use rail exclusively cannot escape some reliance on
>>the road network (even hermits need food deliveries) - hence I stand
>>by my 100% population gets the benefit of a better more free flowing
>>(and hence lower polution) traffic system.
>...
>
>You seem to be talking about infinite resources here. "Keep public
>transport the way it is, just spend lots more on roads". Well, there aren't
>infinite resources, [DrivelPurge(TM)]

The lack of infinite resources is exactly the reason that we need to 
concentrate on building a better road network and quit wasting time,
effort, and money on horribly inefficient/wasteful mass-transit scams.

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