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In article <isisCos2sK.1ou@netcom.com> isis@netcom.com (Mike Cohen) writes:
>ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi) writes:
>
>>Now, I'm not saying that Los Angeles couldn't use better public
>>transportation.  In fact, our family is doing our part for it:  my
>>father is chief cost engineer on the Green Line light rail project,
>>as he was for the Blue Line project when that was under construction.
>>in North Hollywood, and they will very likely use it on occasion.
>
>Instead of spending money on projects like that which few people use, why
>not just improve the bus service and offer incentives for people to take
>a bus instead of driving? 

I agree that incentives for people to take the bus might be useful, so
I'll just comment on the line about "spending money on projects that
which few people use."

1.  The Blue Line is actually very crowded during rush hour.  So no
one who has actually been on it could say that few people use it.

2.  If you mean that few people CAN use it, because the rail transit
lines serve only a limited part of the city, I agree.  But even the
largest transit system has to start somewhere.  There are definite
plans that will, in thirty years' time, result in a citywide network
of subway and light rail, which will cover the whole city.  New York's
system wasn't built any faster.

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov