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To: rudedog who wrote (49432)	9/16/2000 1:03:43 PM
From: alydar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Rudedog, How about if the busses were clean, comfortable, safe, got the job done for less money and actually did provide you with a better user experience(i.e., ease of use). Which one will you select. I would select the bus. To date, most busses, especially in major cities are dirty, uncomfortable, perception of being unsafe, run late and cause extra stress for most people. Not a good user experience. Thats why busses have never taken off. If they can correct these defeciencies they might see dramatic growth as is being exhibited in the server centric world. JMO, Bob. P.S.: The Metro-North railroad in CT, which bring commuters from New Haven (Joe Lieberman home town) to NY City is packed everyday. I bet the Bart is in S.F., subways in NYC, The T in Boston, etc., etc., etc. Mass transit is doing very well in the U.S. In fact, there is not enough of it and the major problem is that it is not fast enough. Broadband is going to take care of the speed issue for the server centric world. It is doubling in speed every six months. 3X as fast a the old world benchmarks at Mgh.

To: rudedog who wrote (49432)	9/16/2000 3:03:11 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Mass transit hasn't done as well as individual cars in this country partly because of some dirty tricks by the auto manufacturers early on (e.g. payola to tear up trolley lines) and partly because this country's low population density has made it impossible to adequately serve the population at reasonable cost (higher population densities in Europe help make mass transit much more successful over there). Bandwidth is easier to deliver to low density areas than was transport, so might not suffer from the second of these effects. Politics and monopoly power can still cause problems, though, if vigilance slackens. JMHO.