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:Bob Hendley writes:
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:>In article <1993Jan22.143422.23243@gssec.bt.co.uk> amatthew@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Matthews) writes
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:>>Try taking into account the cost to an individual (over a year) of:
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:>[some deleted]
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:>>and also the less quantifiable costs which everyone contributes to:
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:>>cost of road repairs caused by every extra car on the road
:>>cost of new roads / road widening needed due to the extra cars on the road
:>>cost of pollution
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:>>On that basis, public transport is cheaper not only for individuals but for
:>>society as a whole.
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:>This would appear to assume that buses (in particular) cause less
:>damage to roads, require less road space and cause less pollution than
:>cars.
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:>The first is clearly untrue. <deleted>
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Why? One bus will cause more damage than one car, but the arguement is
not for us all to go and buy a bus, it's that we should share the use of
one. One bus vs. several cars? Clearly preferable.

Andy T.