richard schumacher wrote:
In article ,
Dave Head wrote:

You got that right. Buses suck. Sharing space with strangers sucks.
Waiting
on buses sucks. Having to walk blocks because that's as close as the bus
gets
to where you want to go sucks. Not having service when you want it (like
1:00
AM after the late movie) sucks. Buses suck.

Frequently-running trains, OTOH, don't suck. Mass transit != buses.

Well, partially. They are a whale of a lot better than buses, tho.
Trains, however, are never frequently-enough running, plus you have to
share space with people, which means you can't eat, smoke, listen to
your radio, CD, DVD, etc. and headphones don't count 'cuz they also
suck, etc. Trains are also slow because they stop at each station
regardless of whether you want to get off there, so the average speed
goes way down.

A train that would be faster than a car in _all_ traffic conditions,
not just rush hour, _might_ not suck so bad, but you'd still have to
share space with the likes of Colin Furgeson, the guy that shot up the
LI RR some years ago, killing people at will just 'cuz he was a
nut-case. That's harder to do to someone with some mobility like when
they're in their cars, and they just might run you down, too.

Public transportation is for people that can't afford a car!

Absolutely.

Hmm, then why were all those Lexuses and BMWs in the train station
parking lot this morning?

'Cuz traffic sucks too...

Dave Headd