-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Gregory Procter <=-
 DD> I am probably a bigger fan of trolley (trams) than anyone, I
 DD> even model the old Milwaukee street cars and the "North Shore"
 DD> (the high speed electric interurban that used to run between
 DD> Milwaukee and Chicago), but I have to admit, that with very
 DD> few exceptions, light rail in the United States is just NOT
 DD> practical anymore.
         The _Sunday Oklahoman_, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, had
a column on this very subject on August 10.  It was a column by
a _Boston Globe_ writer named Jeff Jacoby.  (And Boston is a
place often held out as an example of where public transit
succeeds.)
         The column is devoted to why the private car is more
efficient for most people, why they prefer using their cars
to using public transit, and also notes the tremendous subsidy
paid for public transit.
         An interesting statistic he cites: "U.S. motorists
pay a heavy price for the comfort and autonomy of car driving.
In gasoline taxes, auto sales taxes, registration fees, and
tolls, they cough up some $115 billion a year--far more than
the $76 billion the government spends to build and maintain
the roads they drive on."
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