On Sep 23, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Dave VanHorn wrote: > >> It's a catch 22. > > It might have been at one time. Now, it's next to impossible to add public transportation infrastructure to existing urban areas, and it seems to me it would be really difficult to keep up a mass transit system with the fluctuations in the economy that seem to be so common in the US. Existing mass transit is always over crowded, or losing money, and sometimes both... BillW _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist