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- Path: sparky!uunet!clsi!kevin
- From: kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron)
- Subject: Re: HOV - I vote Yea.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.151402.15610@clsi.COM>
- Originator: kevin@dubhe
- Sender: usenet@clsi.COM
- Organization: CAD Language Systems Inc.
- References: <715752466.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> <1992Sep09.014559.1469@openage.openage.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 15:14:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep09.014559.1469@openage.openage.com>, ghost@openage.openage.com (Glenn Host) writes:
- > David.Gursky@p394.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (David Gursky) writes:>
- >
- > I attempted to take the bus/train between a job in Silver Spring
- > and Reston. It required two buses and two trains
- > 1. Express Bus - Reston -> West Falls Church
- > 2. Orange Train - West Falls Church -> Downtown
- > 3. Red Train - Downtown -> Silver Spring
- > 4. Bus - Silver Spring to Work
- >
- > Total time: 2 hrs each way (if you got lucky in transfers)
- > Total Cost: approx. $7 per day (rates changed several times)
- >
- > It does not cost anywhere near that much to commute by auto
- > and travel time is 1/3.
- >
-
- What is the price for cleaner air (a less polluted environment), not having to
- pay higher taxes to fix over-used roads, lower insurance because of fewer
- accidents.
-
- Over simplistic economics put the economy where it is now. I'll vote for HOV
- even if I don't get to use it.
-
- Kev.
-
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