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- From: jeremy@classic.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon)
- Subject: Re: Cars as "something better"
- Message-ID: <ucoafj4@sgi.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1523@dosbears> <1hvfruINNdlm@agate.berkeley.edu> <1993Jan1.234547.26104@ads.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:33:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan1.234547.26104@ads.com>, henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
- > jeremy@classic.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon) wrote:
- > ->> But in MUNI`s case it really doesn't matter so much, because one
- > ->> (usually electric) vehicle gets you from the Financial District to any
- > ->> neighborhood, and the neighboorhoods are small enough that the walk to
- > ->> your apartment or house is a few blocks. When 800,000 people live in
- > ->> 49 square miles, the need for transfers goes way down.
- > ->
- > ->Not everyone goes to the financial district, you know, even among
- > ->commuters.
- >
- > well, they should: it's the best transfer point in the city. i ride
- > the caltrain up from mtn view regularly ... upon "detraining" (puke),
- > i walk outside the caltrain station, and a #32 embarcadero bus is less
- > than 60 seconds away. this drops me at market and embarcadero; i cross
- > the embarcadero and walk one block, and there are several options
- > which will take me home.
-
- I don't know. The financial district is at one edge of the city.
- It makes for a pretty indirect route for most travellers. If I'm
- going from the Marina to the Sunset, I don't want to have to go
- through the financial district.
-
- jeremy
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