Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon

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From: Harvey Fishman
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 00:00

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In <4r63g3$nhk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> pschleifer@aol.com (PSchleifer) says

> In article <4r4up1$lcm@news.smart.net>, accessys@smarty.smart.net (Access
> Systems) writes:
> 
> [snip]
> >More people ride on the NYC subway in one day than on AMTRAK all 
> >year!  
> [snip]
> 
> A bit of an exaggeration...
> 
> NYC subway carries up to 5,000,000 on a typical work day.  Amtrak carries
> over 20,000,000 anually.

But not ___THAT___ much of an exaggeration...restated: More people ride on
the New York City subway in one week than ride on AMTRACK in an entire
year of fifty-two weeks.  Still a very impressive description of the usage
of the TA facilities and their contribution to our society.

Harvey

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From: fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman)
Subject: Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon
Date: 1996/06/30
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