Wednesday, March 21, 2007

People like to drive

Interesting, unsurprising article about how people like to drive because it's generally cheaper, faster, and more convenient.

"If you want to know why so few people use mass transit, meet Sue, a college administrator in Minneapolis. If anyone would use transit, Sue would. She's single, she lives in a condominium, and she can afford any additional out-of-pocket expense. She could use her city's Hiawatha Line, a light rail route newly completed at a cost of $715 million. But she doesn't, although she feels guilty about it. That's because her car gets her where she needs to go. Faster."

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Via Planetizen

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