[Saturn69]

Originally Posted by Mikkoo

Asking Americans to give up their cars requires great public transportation systems like we have in Europe. Now that everyone in local and state government levels have been sleeping at the switch, the time is now to put forward proper public transportation plans to get more people willing to get out of their cars. Isn't 4.50 USD in California and other expensive area's to refuel your vehicle enough of a wake up call? Yes, it will cost plenty, but it needs to be done a.s.a.p

If they had a train that ran from where I live to where I work, I'd take it. They don't. Now, should I sell my home and move to the city? Should I take my children from a no-crime area where they can receive individualized attention in schools and the safety of being able to play outside without wearing Kevlar and move them to a high-crime, high drug traffic area where they have to remain in the house, with the doors locked, where they are just another face in a sea of students and get lost in the pupil-mill that is our current education system (NCLB my arse....), all to save $25 a week in gas? Hell no. I'll survive.