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[Calvin Powers <calvin AT cspowers.com>]

At 1/7/2003 01:26 PM, you wrote:

> Imagine if you could get on a train in downtown Chapel Hill and wind up in
> Raleigh less then 15 minutes later? Of course it would be even better if
> Raleigh had half way decent land use. ;)

But that doesn't count the time it takes to get to the train station. The 
time that it takes to wait on the train, and the time it takes to walk from 
the train station to where ever you are going in Raleigh.

And how often would you expect the train to run? Every hour? Maybe every 
half hour? And how late at night do the trains run? And if it's raining I 
have to walk to and from the train station in the rain.  And how much is it 
going to cost me?

And if the train gets there in 15 minutes, then I bet there isn't a single 
stop along the way, or maybe one at the most. So chances are that you'll be 
getting off the train quite a ways from where you want to go. Or if there 
are lots of convenient train stations along the way, then I bet it's not 
going to get you there quicker than a car.

Just my opinion...





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