Re: Cars make more economic sense than transit: fact

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

Forg wrote:
> 
> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
> >
> > Matt Cremer wrote:
> > >
> > > Iskandar Baharuddin wrote in message <379D8950.37C3DD99@highway1.com.au>...
> ...
> > > >There are
> > > >quite a few people who would be prepared to invest in vans or
> > > >minibuses to ferry paying passengers in and out, 7 to 20 at a
> > > >time, at a price to be negotiated.
> > > ...
> > >
> > > But isn't that public transport? Sounds a helluva lot like public
> > > transport to me; you know, where you go & get on a bus with a
> > > bunch of people you don't know, you pay a price for the
> > > journey ...
> >
> > No, it is purely private transport.
> ...
> 
> That makes no sense to me. If you know the person, you just pay them
> "money for running costs" ... that's what we used to do going to uni.
> 
> If you don't know the person, what the hell is the difference between
> that and a private bus company running a regular route?
> 
> --

The bus company has a licence to operate. The pay-to-ride car
pool is illegal. That's the only difference I can think of - but
it is enough to stop most people from having a go.

As we all know, uni students can get away with anything.

-- 
Regards,

Izzy

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