sorry, my previous post needs an intro , this is in response to a question,
"can't the private sector provide for the public transportation needs?"
No, she didnt!> > On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Pam Palmer wrote: >
> The public built the roads, enabling those citizens priviledged
> enough to have the physical skills to drive and the resources to own
> vehicles, access to those roads. The private sector does not provide the
> unpriviledged folks access to the public roads. Kids, the poor, the
> disabled, the elderly all have transportation needs and transportation
> rights. Since we have built a transporation system which excludes them,
> public transporation is necessary from that statndpoint.
>
> When we talk about moving commuters, those priviledged types who have
> skills to drive and money to buy cars, then public trans is an economic
> consideration. In simple terms, which costs more, wideneing of a
> roadway, adding parking spaces and incresing oil imports, or providing
> buses?
>
> Talk of privatizing transportaion, or privatizing public trasnportation
> ignores the underlying fact of the public stake in the entire
> infrastructure, and the interwoven relationship of transportation
> and landuse
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> Excuse me, but my term on the committee was completed, I did not
> not resign. (A trivial detail to most, importatn to me!
>
> >
> > Dave Peckham, who recently resigned from being Chair of the Region 2 Public
> > Transportation Advisory Committee, wrote most of the PT plan for our
> > region. Dave may have some additional comments on public and private
> > interests.
> >
> > Pam Palmer
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