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  1. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!pa.dec.com!pnheap.in2p3.fr!percus
  3. From: percus@pnheap.in2p3.fr (Allon Percus)
  4. Message-ID: <9212290441.AA04982@ccpngw.in2p3.fr>
  5. Subject: Re: Report on exhibition of prototype NYC Subway trains
  6. Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 04:40:52 GMT
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  15. In article <JMD.92Dec28164552@lion.bear.com> jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond) writes:
  16. >...Somewhere along the line 
  17. >the public is going to have to realize that you can't get something 
  18. >for nothing.  If they want better service, they are either going to
  19. >have to pay for it through fare increases, or through tax revenue.
  20.  
  21. 1980s: $.60 --> $.75 --> $.90 --> $1.00
  22. 1991: $1.15
  23. 1992: $1.25 (over 200% of 1980 price)
  24. 1993: ???
  25.  
  26. The public are not amused.
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  28.  
  29. Allon Percus
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