From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 13-Aug-14 22:56, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 12-Aug-14 21:40, John Levine wrote:   
   >>> That's not totally foolish.  The new trains will run 4 tph, more   
   >>> like transit, while the existing trains run on a typical   
   >>> commuter schedule.   
   >>   
   >> Nit: commuter rail is a subset of transit.  Perhaps you meant   
   >> light and/or heavy rail?   
   >   
   > You're doing your refusal to read for context thing. In context,   
   > "commuter railroad" is a passenger railroad service that's part of   
   > the general system of railroad transportation (or whatever it's   
   > called in Canadian law) and transit rail is passenger railroad   
   > service that is not.   
      
   That makes no sense.  Commuter rail is a subset of transit, so transit   
   rail cannot exclude commuter rail.  It's simple logic.   
      
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