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Article #444Re: Distance to work (was "...sprawl...")
From: Rex Tener
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1992 02:31
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1992 02:31
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JCiccare@adobe.com (John Ciccarelli) writes:
>slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
>
>> All of which would seem to argue for a small-scale, flexible
>> commuter transportation system. Maybe we should try individual
>> commuter units. .... You suppose anybody'd buy one?
>
>Yep, I use one myself -- it's called a bicycle. Six miles in 25 minutes.
>Door to door, leave anytime, no gasoline, no waiting at bus stops or in
>traffic lines, no pollution. And 25 pounds of metal, which is about
>3,000 less than the "units" *you're* thinking of :-)
Yep, I use one myself -- it's called legs. Six miles in 42 minutes.
Door to door, leave anytime, no gasoline, no waiting at bus stops or in
traffic lines, no pollution. And 0 pounds of metal, which is about
25 less than the "units" *you're* thinking of >:-) >:-)
>Try it, it works. Your wallet, your heart, your neighborhood, your air,
>your planet, and the US trade deficit will be better for it.
Ditto.
Rex Tener rtener@pyramid.com
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