Re:Why can't anyone see the implications of this?
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This can be a great solution for a lot of people who refuse to use public transportation due to the inconvenience. If you live a few miles from your local commuter line, and work 20 blocks away from the downtown train station it is much easier to drive the whole trip than to use a "station car", take the train, then catch a bus to work. The dispersed housing patterns and poor urban bus systems are the weak link in getting people to use regional transit systems.
Using IT, you can make that trip to the PATH, or the T, or whatever in ten minutes, bring the thing onto the train with you, and then zip to work from Grand Central or South Station without the expense of the car, fighting for a taxi, subjecting yourself to a subway trip. This will be very attractive to a lot of people who can afford the $3000.00. These are people who would never ride a bike to work, and can't be expected to.
Thus, light rail can really see heavy use, except in misbegotten "sprawlopoli" like Houston or Atlanta.
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This can be a great solution for a lot of people who refuse to use public transportation due to the inconvenience. If you live a few miles from your local commuter line, and work 20 blocks away from the downtown train station it is much easier to drive the whole trip than to use a "station car", take the train, then catch a bus to work. The dispersed housing patterns and poor urban bus systems are the weak link in getting people to use regional transit systems. Using IT, you can make that trip to the PATH, or the T, or whatever in ten minutes, bring the thing onto the train with you, and then zip to work from Grand Central or South Station without the expense of the car, fighting for a taxi, subjecting yourself to a subway trip. This will be very attractive to a lot of people who can afford the $3000.00. These are people who would never ride a bike to work, and can't be expected to. Thus, light rail can really see heavy use, except in misbegotten "sprawlopoli" like Houston or Atlanta.