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Article #476Re: Distance to work (was "...sprawl...")
From: John Ciccarelli
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1992 21:52
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1992 21:52
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slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
> I just read... that the average distance that USAmericans live from their
> jobs is about six miles. This figure hasn't changed much in the last
> thirty or so years. ....This raises hell with mass transit planning,
> since no great numbers all follow the same path anymore.
>
> 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 :-)
Try it, it works. Your wallet, your heart, your neighborhood, your air,
your planet, and the US trade deficit will be better for it.
--
John Ciccarelli | BIKE ,_C
jciccare@adobe.com, {sun|decwrl}!adobe!jciccare, 415-962-6677 | TO _=\_<,
Adobe Systems, 1585 Charleston, Mt View, CA, USA 94039-7900 | WORK (*)/'(*)
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