Some people. All things being equal I'd much rather take the train -- for selfish rather than socially conscious reasons.
Driving in traffic is a pain. On the commuter train, the Chicago Metra, I can read, sleep, even work. The El, the CTA subway, is bad and getting much worse, it's declined as much as the NY subway has improved, it's sort of a tossup between that and the car, but even without congestion pricing the cost of gas and parking generally means that I take even the El.
Now my late PiL always drove into the city from Queens, of course for them you had to take a bus to the E train, they also always knew where you could find parking. I never figutred out how they did it, Haven't here mysel;f in Shytown either.
--- BklynMagus <magcomm at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >So the friend you spoke with about this morning's
> drive, is his name Biff or Muffy?
>
> He is definitely a Biff. Comes from money. I
> chatise him all the time for
> not using public transpotation, but the grip of
> hyperindividualism is strong
> upon him. His addiction to his car is like that of
> an addict to her heroin.
> The only way to get people to break the habit is to
> price them out of it. No
> matter how attractive the alternative, the mania for
> the private vehicle wins.
>
> Brian
>
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