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Gas price keeps going up in the mean while public transportations
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Cutting mass transit has been the easy way for politicians to claim they are cutting pork for 50 years. It's been easy to cut because poor people depend on it, while middle class and on up the economic ladder (i.e., those who have the money and influence) have alternatives.

On the other hand, automobiles have enjoyed massive subsidies, e.g. the entire interstate highway system. As a result, mass transit in many communities has been under-utilized, resulting in a negative feedback loop for mass transit.

Hence, when we need it most, it's not there.
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Re: Gas price keeps going up in the mean while public transportations - by Acer - 06-07-2008, 04:09 PM

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