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To: LindyBill who wrote (253456)	6/6/2008 8:22:58 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793896

Systems like this have empty stations in LA where it's worth your life to walk onto the platform where the muggers wait for you. One of the commenters on the article I posted said that the extension of mass transit in the Atlanta area said that it extended crime as well: ...The claim for years has been mass transit brings in crime and many have said that is just code for "black." No, it is code for it brings in crime. Look at the counties outside of Atlanta that brought in their own transit systems when the voters rejected MARTA--Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton. The areas of Cobb that don't have service like the rural/exurb areas between Kennesaw and Acworth along the Paulding County line is still very nice and low crime--but go and check out Austell sometime. The amusement park Six Flags now has a serious gang problem which was not the case 20 years ago--all of this due to mass transit. Gwinnett has similar experiences as Cobb, when it began its bus service. And Clayton is the crime capital of Georgia. No one wants their property values crushed by crime, low income apartments and the like--both which arrive on the wings of mass transit. Few people are going to join the mass transit bandwagon as long as this is the case. townhall.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (253456)	6/6/2008 11:55:18 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

Milwaukee keeps trying to push light rail through. It's been shot down so many times...but they just won't let it go. The cost comes out to more than $50,000 per passenger...using their own numbers. It would be cheaper to buy luxury vans and busses to chauffeur people right to their doors.