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5. Buses would be a lot handier...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 10:43 AM

Sep 2013

If the cities were built around them.

I lived in Germany for 3 years (1980-1983), and if you want to get anywhere by mass transit - you can.

I walked about 100 feet to the strassenbahn, which I rode to work (in the army) I had to walk about 100 yards to work.

I'd rather be able to walk a little way to catch some kind of mass transit and get where I'm going than have to dick around with parking. We went grocery shopping with a rolling/fold up basket, laundry same thing.

It is how we need to start designing our cities.

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Seriously, Get on the Bus! New Analysis Shows Fiscal, Environmental Benefits of Buses [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 OP

Gawd... Bay Boy Sep 2013 #1

The prime advantage of buses is the roads tend to already exist. You don't need to build PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #2

Like Scanton, Pennsylvania, and Sayre, Pennsylvania, and ... mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 #3

*cough*capacity*cough* KamaAina Sep 2013 #4

The article says that rail corridor is profitable happyslug Oct 2013 #6

Buses would be a lot handier... Blanks Sep 2013 #5