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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:31 PM Original message |
High gas prices lead to surge in mass transit |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. The SEPTA conductor told me today that there will be no new cars until 2009. |
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tofurkey (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Put auto workers in jobs to improve the public transit infrastructure |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Can't the Auto Workers Build Buses and Rail Cars? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Same here. We got out of cities entirely. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Unfortunately, many US companies have abandoned railcar construction. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. We really desperately need to expand passenger rail and bus fleets to decrease oil dependency. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Not only that, but mid-range travel needs to change as well |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. "We're going broke because our ridership - along with our income - has risen 20%" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. I have noticed the roads are a little more empty. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. No shit, Sherlock. Who is it that keeps saying Americans LOOOOOVE their cars? |
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