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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona
I don't understand why many driving aficionados resist mass transit. It makes room on the road for the rest of us.
I enjoy driving but not in congested rush hour traffic. Many moons ago when I was young I lived in NYC. I sold my car before I moved in and didn't buy one until I had moved out. Sometimes my wife and I would grab a cab from our home in Greenwich Village to uptown and by the time we got to Herald Square (a distance of a couple of miles) we paid off the cab and jumped in the subway. Driving was simply too slow.
Mass transit is great when it works for you. Even when it doesn't, it is socially useful and does help balance traffic demands.
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I have nothing against mass transit, the problem is the construction often turns into a boondoggle and its ran poorly. I don't want my tax dollars siphoned off on projects that I'll never utilize and that will become a huge liability.