[lbo-talk] Black Saturday

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Wed Aug 6 21:01:26 PDT 2008


On Aug 6, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> What happened to the trains?
>
Trains go to cities. That's not where families go for their vacations. Nor from where they return. And with half the country going in one or the other direction, how many empty train seats do you think there are?


> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-traffic6-2008aug06,0,4830296.story
>
>
> On Saturday, French highways experienced a total of 434 miles of
> traffic jams. Government transport analysts designated the day with
> the worst level in the color-coded hierarchy of congestion: "Black
> Saturday."
>
> "That means the traffic jams start at 3 a.m. and keep going," Arnold
> said with a wry grin. "Black Saturday is black all day and all night."

Shane Mage

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