From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:31:54 -0700, Glen Labah    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article <85e57f45-22d5-4069-b094-7e4397b1a18e@googlegroups.com>,   
   > hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Well, it's wrong for Phila.   
   >   
   >   
   >If you read the comments, there are a few places where this analysis has   
   >its problems.  You can't expect one person to be that familiar with that   
   >many places.   
   >   
   >Among them the taxi times used were the non-congested traffic taxi   
   >trips.  I don't think this even works in Seattle that well, let alone   
   >Philadelphia or New York or Washington DC.  I'm not sure as I have never   
   >used a taxi in Seattle (or elsewhere in North America for that matter)   
   >but I don't think they count as a carpool for the carpool lanes on I-5.   
      
   They also include average transit wait times, while ignoring taxi   
   lines.  I've waited as long as 45 minutes for a cab at LGA, though the   
   average is probably close to the bus headways.   
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