On 11/05/2011 8:08 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Giusi" > wrote
>>>
>>> Ah... Train! Something we don't have here! Yes some big cities have
>>> things like that. But not here. If you don't live in the city proper
>>> (Seattle) you are pretty much screwed if you need public
>>> transportation. In some areas you can take a bus and get to the city
>>> and back. But in some cases there is no bus on Sunday and if you are
>>> taking a bus after hours, forget it.
>>
>> Then it may be time to do something to correct those problems. We once
>> had all the public transport other countries have, but we ripped it
>> out in favor of cars, ever bigger, that use too much energy for the
>> modern situation. It can't last forever, right? So spend the money to
>> fix the situation which will also goose the economy.
>>
>>
>
> If is was only so simple. The way our country has grown in the past 50
> years, it is probably impossible to build a sensible train line now.
> Perhaps over 25 to 50 years, you could fix some of the problem, but not
> all. One end is easier. You can put in a commuter line to the cities and
> build stations (collection points) so you can drive a few miles to them
> and train to the city. The problem comes in the other sectors with
> industrial parks sprawled out over many miles and not enough people to
> every justify a rail line.
>
> There are some lines being revived, and busways being built, but it is
> not enough to make drastic reductions in driving.
>
> Carpools help too, but they have not taken off as you'd expect. One
> reason is practicality, but a big reason is people don't want to give up
> their independence, no matter how inefficient.
>
There will come a time when their independence will be forcibly removed
from them. Time for a rethink on the "American Dream".

Krypsis