[lbo-talk] love those cars!

[Gar Lipow]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:17:43 -0800, Albert Sonntag
<berto55 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Gar Lipow:
> 
> >>>>Should the political will to change ever develop there is a
> technological solution to providing decent public transit outside of
> cities. Ultralight rail (sometimes also known as personal rapid
> transit or people movers) are forms of public transit suitable for
> moderate density populations (such as most suburbs and "edge cities"
> are.)
> 
> The recent event in Glendale, California, when a man parked his SUV in a
> confused suicide attempt on the rails of the southbound light rail commuter
> train from Simi Valley, causing two trains to collide, and resulting in
> several fatalities, has set the clock back for any innovations in public
> light rail transportation in Los Angeles for at least another fifty years.
> 
> Albert R. Sonntag
> berto55 at earthlink.net
> 

Presumably because automobile accidents result in so few fatalities on
a daily basis in Los Angeles.