From: riel@nl.linux.org
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 17:02:23 MST
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> private parking facilities. Successfully used public mass transit is a
> paramount sign of a mature and ingrained socialist society.
My guess is that it's more a geographical thing. Very densly
built areas just don't have the space for everybody to have
their own car and parking space is expensive and just not
available. Also, in these areas public transport is frequent.
In areas with more space, public transport is rarer and it is
much more convenient to use your own car.
As an example, when my father goes to Amsterdam he drives to
a city near Amsterdam and takes the train from there. It's
(1) faster, since Amsterdam always has traffic jams and parking
space is hard to find and (2) cheaper, since parking space in
Amsterdam costs about $5/hour and (3) more convenient.
cheers,
Rik
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