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In article <1992Sep15.180949.23745@linus.mitre.org> woycke@smiley.mitre.org (Daniel Woycke) writes:
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>I think you don't realize that even if we did have an adequate mass
>transit system the inertia of the single occupant car will continue.
>People do not care about the environment unless it doesn't cause them
>inconvinience (or maybe too much inconvinience).  We now all recycle
>like good boys and girls, but we still pollute in order of leaving for
>work when we want to. It won't matter to any of those folks on the two
>lanes of the toll road. They don't care whether they pollute or save
>money. All they care about is having their car so they don't have to
>sacrifice 30 minutes to carpool. (which they loose in congestion).
>

I think your're just a bit overgeneralizing people and judging
them harshly.  If it makes sense to carpool or to take mass
transit, I think more people would do it.  Sure, not everybody,
but more.  I submit that the way things are now, it doesn't make
any sense.  Even taking the Metro into DC has turned into a major
hassle so that it is much easier to drive in and find parking in
DC than to find parking at Metro stops like Dunn Loring and
Vienna.  Not only easier, but cheaper too.  What does that tell
you about the seriousness of people here really trying to cut
pollution.  And if that wasn't enough, now they're talking about
raising the non-rush hour fares.  How many people do you think
that will encourage to take the Metro?

>John, if the Sterling Commuter Bus started running to Tyson's Corner
>would you take it when time would allow?

15 years ago, when I worked at the Pentagon and lived in
Alexandria, I took the bus to work even though I had a car.  It
made sense then for me and so I took advantage of it.

>Daniel W. Woycke             |"I went out drinking with Thomas 
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