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SlipperSlope <THEGook@zip.net> wrote in message news:3950EDB9.321B97A8@zip.net...
> 
> Richard Boenigk wrote:
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> > http://www.latimes.com/news/state/reports/redline/lat_commute000618.htm
> >
> > Look at this! An exteremely favorable L.A. TImes commentary about Metro Rail
> > that includes such phrases as:
> >
> > >Although I'm not ready to sell my car, I definitely would consider taking
> > rail transit to LAX and other destinations.
> >
> > >And I can't wait to brag to my East Coast friends: "Our subway is nicer
> > than yours."
> 
> One problem with the existing RedLine is that it's so limited in its
> destinations.  Overall as many persons (i.e. critics) have CORRECTLY pointed
> out: the Metro Lines (all) simply will not meet the needs of the basin because
> of their limited destinations.
> 
> Compare that to the NYC subways that blanket Manhattan and, more or less, reach
> most of the Outer Boroughs (especially the Bronx).
> 
> Yeah, there's the "Metro RedLine is so clean and no nasty filth...blah, but give
> it a few years and we'll see.   Remember when BART first opened it was "so clean
> and no nasty filth......" now go look at some of the BART trains......some of
> the trains are FAR from "clean and not nasty filthy....".
> 
> Besides, one get's used to it.  I was well trained to accept the horrid
> conditions of riding on the Muni Metro trains and the terrible trolley coaches
> having lived in NYC for several years and having endured the subway WAY before
> it was cleaned up, I came to just accept how wacked out it was.
> 
> 
The newly renovated BART trains are clean and bright again with no odors, unlike the old ones.  And I know that BART runs at higher speeds than the NYC subway.