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Ever think that it may have more to do with where Metrolink goes, which is
the suburbs where those money-makers live?  People making decent livings
don't live in inner-city cesspools such as Los Angeles.
-Hank

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Why is it when you get one of those 'Tell everyone you know!' emails
people are more than happy to send them, but when you refute them,
the same senders are unhappy to receive them?
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"neal cotton" <ncotton@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:LLij7.1173$7V1.307981@typhoon.nyc.rr.com...
> Eric mann forgets one vital little piece of the transport puzzle in LA...
> DECENT WHITE PEOPLE WILL NEVER TAKE THE BUS.  I have a cousin that lives
on
> Beverly Blvd. and could easily take the bus to work in 15 min, but she
would
> never consider that as an option, ever.  She has, however, taken the red
> line subway and metrolink to Irvine a few times to visit her company's
> headquarters... at the suggestion of her company.  The problem is that
> outside of new York and a few other dense urban areas there is a huge bias
> by just about anyone above the middle-middle class to taking a bus.  Ever
> seen the demographics of light rail systems compared to bus systems in
> cities like Dallas, Los Angeles, Sacramento, St. Louis, and others?  The
> rail systems are almost all upper middle class decent people.  In order to
> solve the transportation issues in LA they need to develop a system that
> works for the majority of the population.  People making $14,000 a year,
> while certainly in need of public transportation, will never factor into
the
> solution because they can never afford cars in the first place.  The
minute
> you get the person making $50,000 a year out of their car youbegin to make
a
> difference.
>
> Just look at Metrolink.  I think I read once that the average income of
the
> metrolink rider was over $50,000 a year, with many over $100,000.  Trust
me
> these people would bever take a bus.
>
>
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