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- Subject: Re: Cost of public vs. private transportation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.134701.942@sc2a.unige.ch>
- From: cornell@sc2a.unige.ch
- Date: 30 Jul 92 13:47:01 +0200
- References: <1992Jul28.090347.22442@leland.Stanford.EDU> <22060@venera.isi.edu> <1992Jul29.073106.18630@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <1992Jul29.073106.18630@leland.Stanford.EDU>, ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes:
- Also, I'd just like to point
- > out that convenience is in the eye of the beholder, if you like to read the
- > paper on the way to work then a car is not very convenient unless you have
- > a chauffeur. Last time I was in Europe (1988) I didn't notice any lack of
- > people riding the mass-transit systems although their automobiles are just
- > as fast as ours, and certainly faster than trolleys.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- This isn't a flame, but I always find the type of comment "in europe they're
- (almost) as advanced as us" to be amusing (I also realize that your posting
- in particular was not intended to be patronizing). I agree entirely with
- the sympathies of your posting.
-
- On Sunday, I'm going to take the 12-hour-or-so train journey to Berlin
- (to a physics conference), even though I have a car that is capable of
- taking me there LEGALLY at faster than 110mph. The stress involved in
- driving that distance is only part of the reason.
-
- > Larry Edwards
- > edwards@sunrise.stanford.edu
- >
- Stephen Cornell.
-