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Article #206Re: Commuting by train builds new friends and social contacts
From: DaveW
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:24
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:24
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Bob Scheurle wrote: > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:51:55 GMT, "Jack May" <jack.may@comcast.net> > wrote: > >>What I am concerned most about is how we torture poor people by essentially >>forcing them on to transit instead of allowing them to live a better quality >>of life more like the middle class. > > > Where I live, the train commuters make $150,000 per year and have a > Christmas party on the train every year, where they decorate the train, > have some food & drinks, and give presents to each other (including the > conductor). > Note that there tends to be a big difference between the passengers on "commuter rail" (locomotive hauled trains making stops several miles apart, stops at offstreet stations, Los Angeles Metrolink, Caltrain) verses "light rail" (what used to be called interurbans..stops about every 2 miles, runs down the middle of the street in some areas: San Diego Trolley, Los Angeles Blue Line). The former come in from relatively far off suburbs, the latter are mostly within the more urban landscape. Commuter rail trains often operate without standees and over longer distances, and the passengers tend to be more affuluent. BART is a mix of both worlds. Regards, DAve
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