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- Subject: Re: Remember ...
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 01:24:04 EST
- References: <1992Nov16.013510.24402@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov16.220040.7318@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1992Nov17.023117.12619@muddcs.claremont.edu> <1992Nov18.220425.15654@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.220425.15654@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
- > Jason Merrill's comments on public transit deleted:
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- > In many cities public transportation really does work. My city (San Antonio)
- > is plagued by gridlock, but the only public transit we have are buses, which
- > share those same jammed-up roads. Our bus system is grossly inefficient,
- > inconvient, and just plain unreliable. It gets the tourists around ok, but
- > for many people 2-hour trips are common, with 45 minute waits sometimes at
- > transfer points. People are sometimes late getting somewhere because of
- > buses running late. Sometimes a 5 minute delay at a departure point becomes
- > an extra hour added on to the trip. It works in other places, but not here.
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- No offense Simon, but what does this have to do with Dan Quayl? Please
- take alt.fan.dan-quayle out of the distribution list. Thanks!
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- -Garrett
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