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   Message 2,690 of 3,261   
   conklin to John Levine   
   Re: A blog view of rapid transit.   
   17 May 14 14:13:42   
   
   From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "John Levine"  wrote in message   
   news:ll86aq$2s86$1@miucha.iecc.com...   
   >>> [I'll not mention recent Facebook postings on how disgusting rapid   
   >>> transit   
   >>> it if you ar3e one of the elite.]   
   >>>   
   >>> http://thefederalist.com/2014/05/15/road-diets-and-car-shami   
   g-the-lefts-war-on-transit-innovation/   
   >>> --   
   >   
   >>Imagine someone saying something nice about Car2Go, Uber and Lyft.  ...   
   >   
   > The key insights in this blog post appear to be that people on public   
   > transit smell bad, more parking and wider streets will solve our   
   > traffic problems, and people who can't afford to take a taxi   
   > everywhere don't matter.   
   >   
   >   
      
   You deliberately mislead with your posts.  Taxis, in particular, have been   
   artifically limited but Car2Go, etc., will provide transporation   
   inexpensively to where people want to go.  Fixed-rail schemes cannot do   
   this.   
      
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