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

[Taka Mizutani]

While I wouldn't want to experience the worst of rush hour in Tokyo on a
daily basis (BTDT), the ability to
take the train into town and all around is very appealing to me. Except when
I want to drive or need to haul stuff, I could leave the car at home.

I'd be in a lot better physical shape as a result as well- people don't
think too much about walking 1-3km to go somewhere. That's driving distance
for most Americans.

Taka


On 6/18/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, Tokyo's idea of mass transit may be a little extreme for most of us
> in
> this country with the hired hands to literally push people into the trains
> so they can fit mroe people in.....I don't know if I like my transit THAT
> massive :)
> --Calvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:01 AM
> To: Cody Forbes
> Cc: jim at activelifestylemassage.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Thought provoking stuff......NAC
>
>
> Tokyo is like that as well- you can actually get a RFID enabled cellphone
> and "load" money, just wave your phone at the gate and it will let you in,
> wave on the way out and it calculates the appropriate fare deduction.
>
> Subway and trains pretty much allow you to get anywhere, although
> sometimes
> it can require several transfers between lines.
>
> Driving is pretty much impossible in Tokyo, anyway- it would take you
> forever to get anywhere. The ironic thing is, when you're traveling, it's
> impossible to carry a lot of luggage on mass transit, so you need to take
> a
> taxi from the major station to your destination unless you like lugging a
> bunch of bags up and down stairs and trying to get through a huge mass of
> people everywhere, which also doesn't really work.
>
> Taka
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