[Mgs] The End of Car Culture

[saidel]

Here in NJ (southern), the public bus transportation is "crappy" 
because i) there are no real central points of population, ii) the 
public transportation by bus depends on roads and traffic which reflect 
the problems inherent in a congested system. Since the system is poor, 
buses are untimely. Since they are untimely, they are not dependable. 
Since they are not dependable, people drive their cars on inadequate 
roads for the numbers of cars, which entails even more congestion which 
increases the lack of public transportation dependability. A nasty 
cycle.

On the other hand, the public train system to Philadelphia uses tracks 
and is dependable. It seems to be quite a decent system (after having 
sampled public trains or subways in Boston (go Sox!), NYC, Washington, 
DC and SF. In my opinion, the bus system in SF is excellent relative to 
NJ.

oh well.

Bill S.
BMCSNJ


On 2013-10-27 19:15, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> The reference in the article to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) in the
> SF bay area is telling.  Where there is effective public
> transportation owning a car may not make much sense.  But here in the
> TX hill country most everyone owns a vehicle of some sort out of
> necessity.
>
> CR
> On 10/25/2013 12:15 AM, Don wrote:
>> This article was reprinted in the November Abingdon Rough Rider
>> Review.  Check it out in the NY Times where it originally
>> appeared.  Looks like young people are not so enamored with
>> automobiles as we were.
>>
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/sunday-review/the-end-of-car-culture.html?_r=0
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>> Don Scott,  Calistoga CA USA
>> 1955 MGTF, 1962 MGA Mk 2, 1967 MGB, 1963-7 MGB (seeking), Misc. 
>> Japanese cars
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