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In article <7JmHLB1w163w@zitt> joe@zitt (Joe Zitt) writes:
>curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 51 writes:
>> Point 2:
>> 	Anyone making more than $X/hour can't afford to spend an extra
>> 	hour screwing around with busses everyday.  Their time is
>> 	better spent elsewhere.  If gas was $4/gallon like it is in
>> 	Europe then X would be higher than 5, which is what it is
>> 	here.  Economics 101.
>
>Well, then, X must be more than I make and I'm not doing badly. I take
>the bus to and from work, and find it reasonably convenient. There's a
>route directly from my apartment complex to the Arboretum (where I work)
>and another from the Arboretum to the Drag and downtown. By being
>sufficiently organised, I can get to most places at most times. Those
>things I can't get to by bus, I take a cab -- but I'll bet I spend far
>less on cabs, etc, per month than you do on your car.

I think it's more of a lifestyle issue, somewhat related to economics,
but that doesn't account for everything.  I, for one, would be hard
pressed to take a bus and keep the same lifestyle patterns that I currently
have.  I couldn't take golf clubs on a bus, nor do the busses go to
golf courses.  I couldn't zip on to the office to do an hour of work
or so, drop my dog off at the vet, pick up dry cleaning and get it home, 
go to the gym, and finally get all my stuff home.

Austin's not this burgeoning metropolis with most facilities
conveniently centrally located.  Thus, most rapid transit systems that
work in U.S. major megapolises such as New York or D.C. will not work
here.  You take the good with the bad.

-pet-

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