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To: combjelly who wrote (180)	6/20/2005 1:58:04 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 492

I never said it was universal. Merely that it is capable of expanding. Also increased demand would tend to not just encourage expansions of current systems but would also tend to create pressure for it to expand to new areas, although there are obviously many areas (particularly rural areas) which will probably never have significant coverage. I didn't say it was an answer to all transportation problems for all people everywhere. In fact I would strongly argue against anyone making such an assertion. An increase in public transportation is a likely mid to long range response to a large increase in the gasoline tax. It is just one of a number of responses that would reduce gasoline use. Public transportation doesn't have to be universal in order for higher prices for gasoline (from taxes or from a long term increase in the price of oil) to cause reduced use of gasoline. There is no requirement for public transportation to be universally available for this fact to be true. Tim