[lbo-talk] Moscow Diary: Traffic jams

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 5 10:36:31 PDT 2007


Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6722465.stm [WS:] It seems that the irrational popular desire to own a motor vehicle cannot be controlled short of outright ban. What is so fucking appealing in being a chauffeur?

Wojtek

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While it is true that traffic is horrendous and that the main reason for a Muscovite to own a car is as a status symbol, it is also true that the metro system is already working at 150% of capacity. I shudder at the thought of what would happen if all those drivers were to start using the metro.

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