[s-cars] Thought provoking stuff......NAC

[Cody Forbes]

> 3. Mass transit - I was recently in DC on vacation and was amazed at
> how great the Metro system is there.  There were plenty of places to
> live within a couple of miles of metro stations on the outskirts of
> town amd you could hop on and the darn thing could take you damn near
> anywhere you wanted to go.  It really is even more complete than the
> Rome subways I have been on. I think this can work in a lot more
> communities than it is presently in. Denver's light rail system is
> pathetic and expensive as hell compared to the Metro in DC.

I'm convinced that Sydney has the best mass transit system in the world. The
subway system, color coded busses, and fleet of ferries are are inter-linked
and use the same magnetic-strip card for access. You simply find an ATM
style kiosk to purchase your card with as much or little value as you'd
like, then swipe away as you enter any of the various systems. Very well
documented and mapped so you can go anywhere in a snap. Cheap too.

> 5. ....  Why did we go away from
> cardboard packaging?
>
<sarcasm>
Because OMG cry we are killing all of the beatiful totally re-plantable
trees!! I mean geez, why use recyclable renewable materials when we can use
up the oil? At least that way we eventually kill of the eaths biggest
problem - us - so it can survive.</sarcasm>


-Cody