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   Peter Schleifer to stephen@sprunk.org   
   Re: Old railway stations   
   27 Apr 14 09:23:40   
   
   From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:42:29 -0500, Stephen Sprunk   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 26-Apr-14 09:56, conklin wrote:   
   >> "Peter Schleifer"  wrote in message   
   >> news:dgbnl95qq3lsab56hrmbc30vtla9g95kka@4ax.com...   
   >>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:40:26 -0400, "conklin"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>> Oh well, maybe you live near an "enchanced station."  Most don't.   
   >>>> Never did.   
   >>>   
   >>> Select bus service rollout is going much more slowly than it   
   >>> should, but the local bus stops serving most of the busier areas do   
   >>> have shelters.  These are paid for by advertising.   
   >>   
   >> Are you suggesting that railroad stations also be paid for 100% by   
   >> advertising.   
   >   
   >I don't see where he said anything resembling that.   
      
   Correct, I said no such thing.  I was talking only of fixtures for   
   local transit buses.  Here are some photos from the company that has   
   the franchise for NYC bus shelters:   
   http://www.cemusany.com/cemusany/images/bus-shelters/index.html   
      
      
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