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NYC_SKP

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19. It appears that even many liberals/progressives have trouble understanding sustainable transport.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Original post)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 09:49 PM

Jul 2012

For people who've lived on the East Coast and/or visited countries where rail service is more common and widespread, this is a no-brainer.

But I can see from many replies here that we are, many of us, wedded to rubber wheels, buses, cars, highways.

The Oil Men and Rubber Barons did their job well.

Had they started earlier, there wouldn't have been a New York Subway or DC Metro.

Shame on us!

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