On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:59 PM, ashok _ <listmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know where you live... but most big cities (in the developing > world) i have seen have extremely poor public transport
mumbai is one such which is a wee bit better than say Delhi or Chennai or Bangalore (which is going to get a metro in the not so near future). > People using it either have no choice or can't afford personal > transport. a 100 people packed into a 40 seater bus doesnt seem green > to me, because they are all gonna want to buy a motor vehicle to > escape from that packed bus. This holds true for other country residents as well. The transit system in some US cities tends towards owning a car but IIRC, the Canadian mass transit system allows one to buy a pass and use it for the day, hop between the train/bus, but travel in one direction only. However what if one has to travel north to drop the kids off to school and then trudge down south to work? This might not work out if you consider the cost and time factor which makes the excellent transit system less attractive and the temptation to buy a car for comfort and convenience still remains. I dont remember the public transit system in Singapore and London to compare it effectively at the moment, but despite a less crowded mass transit system many folks prefer to buy cars/bikes. -- .
