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Re: Clean Technology Bigger than Internet Claims Bill Joy

Dave Garland (dave.garland@wizinfo.com)
Sat, 19 May 2007 07:05:44 +0000

It was a dark and stormy night when Wesrock@aol.com wrote:

> There is no place in the world where public passenger transportation
> does not require a subsidy; in most cases, outright operation by a
> governmental entity.

> Also, rail transit systems are tremendously expensive to build in
> established cities.

All true. But exactly the same is true of automobile-centered
transportation. User fees (gas tax and tolls) pay for only a small
fraction of the cost of construction, maintenance, and operation of
highways, roads, streets. And for the total cost, you need to add on
top of that the cost to users for purchase, maintenance, and operation
of the vehicles.

Dave

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