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boneheaddoctor · #14 03-15-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lebenz

The change would bite us all. Public transportation is a cure. But using an additional system. A fleet of smaller transports, which employ some of the latest tools in routing and organizing. Folks would get near the convenience of a cab and lower cost. This approach would cost the commuter less than half the expense of an average car and further reduce fuel consumption.

Remember that in 7 years about 80% of the vehicles on the road now will typically be retired, and by 10 years the number of retired vehicles jumps to about 90%.

yeah but its the people that can least afford new cars and typilally they are those who run them until they can't be fixed any more. and they grab the cars other people are dumping becasue its all they can afford. The idea of smaller transports has a flaw...around here you would need large parking areas for people to park while they take these (bus and van pools) and property is ungodly expensive...even for the government becasue guess who has to pay for it? and then many of these cost far more that it costs to drive..important for people already on a tight buget. Or the busses don't run to where they need to go....the spokes in a wagon wheel analogy don't fit most commuters trips here. (DC Metro area) Like a lot of things the devil is in the details.