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To: tejek who wrote (226270)	3/25/2005 6:38:16 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576161

I take it you have never taken a train or bus in LA. I understand.......that's a very unelitist thing to do. What mode of transport do you taken in Munich? Do you dare to go on the Metro? Probably now...huh? Downtown transportation is OK just like in NYC. But try to get out in the burbs and rely in the infamous US public transportation and you know what I mean. Hey, you libs used to be the very ones to point out these US shortcoming and point to the better solution in other countries. This obviously is a matter of choice only. You can tax gas heavily and invest the money in public transportation or you can do it the US way, leave gas prices affordable to the masses and neglect the public transportation structures. I am not the one to decide what is the better but I do have to admit that I love high speed car driving on the German autobahn... BTW, I am an expert chikatetsu traveller in Tokyo and sure, I have been on the German Ubahn when visiting down town Munich and Hannover. Quite unbeatable for versatility IMO the Tube in London. My favourite subway obviously being "Tunnelbanan" in Stockholm, the Venice of Northern Europe. As a kid I walked through some of the tunnels before the opened up the first lines in 1952. Taro

To: tejek who wrote (226270)	3/25/2005 6:55:01 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576161

Ted, I once had a discussion with a coworker over the sad state of public transportation in California. To be brief, here are some things I've learned or noticed: - It costs L.A. twice as much to build a subway tunnel than, for example, NYC because L.A. needs to have it earthquake-proof. - SoCal is pretty decentralized, so unlike Washington, D.C. that has a cool "hub-n-spoke" subway system, L.A. county can't really do it that way. - Carpool lanes don't really increase carpooling around here. Most of the time, they're just used by those who just happen to have more than one passenger in the car. - Sacramento continues to raid the gas tax revenues to cover their budgetary problems. They're supposed to be earmarked toward transportation only, but there's that "emergency loophole" that the legislature uses all the time. How many times in a row can we call this an "emergency"? Too bad it's hard to elect new representatives, given the gerrymandering that is going on here. - New roads are shunned because it is feared that this will attract new development, but the lack of development has helped drive up real estate prices because so many people want to move here anyway. Meanwhile, 1/3 of L.A. county residents are considering moving out because of traffic concerns, home prices, etc., but it's hard to say whether most of them will actually follow through on this. - Finally, the race for L.A. mayor is now between a corrupt incumbent and a challenger who might be a friend of illegal immigration. Talk about no-win situations. Tenchusatsu