In article , ost
says...
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:55:32 -0500, Steve Wertz wrote:

Anyway - the point is that cars emit much more pollutants and
irritants than busses per passenger mile.

Actually, the point - before everyone wanted to sidetrack it -
was that people are so quick to complain about cigarette smoke
which is miniscule compared to their firing up their car and
burning a couple/few gallons of gas every day - most of which can
be avoided.

Gas should be $5-10/gallon like it is in other parts of the
world. It'd sure help pay for the current war on gas.

-sw


The problem is there isn't enough mass transit in the U.S. to take up
the slack. Europe has lots of rail, both narrow gauge and light. Even
Volkswagen uses light rail to move parts between factories that are a
few miles apart.