If you starve public enterprises, whether mass transit or public education, fewer people will be attracted to it except by necessity.
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:51:42PM +0100, James Heartfield wrote:
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> http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/473.html
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> "In almost every instance from 1960-1990, private vehicles captured
> increasingly larger shares of all metropolitan area work trips.
> Indeed, private vehicle trips increased from 61% of all commute trips
> in 1960 to 83% in 1990. In fourteen of the thirty-nine metropolitan
> areas private vehicles accounted for over 90% of total 1990 commute
> trips. Also in 1990, transit ridership in metropolitan areas was 9%,
> while only 5.3% nationally."
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> --
> James Heartfield
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