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Lydia Leftcoast

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Tue Apr-12-05 03:55 PM
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10. My experiences in both Portland and Minneapolis have convinced me that

it's not that people CAN'T take mass transit: it's that mass transit is not on their mental map.

Traveling out to my doctor in Portland, I'd be chugging along on light rail, while cars stood still on the freeway that ran parallel to it.

The bus system in Minneapolis is barely adequate, but it's not unusable, and from many parts of the city, taking the bus downtown makes much more sense than paying exorbitant parking fees, and yet people still drive. :shrug:

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