Re: Overheard on the scanner

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Keith F. Lynch 
declared:
> Paul Dormer <prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I got the impression from others in the office that cars are great
>> money sinks.
> 
> After several large fare increases, the DC Metro system costs more
> than travel by car (except where parking downtown is concerned), and
> would still do so even if gasoline prices were to double. 

How are you figuring the cost of driving? Simply the price of gas or 
are you factoring in insurance and car payments?

> It also
> often manages to be slower than car traffic, which really takes some
> doing. 


That's why if you drive down 66 during rush hour, you can watch the 
Metro trains zip past while you're inching along at 10 mph?


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Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
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