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|    D to Jeff Jonas    |
|    Re: Who's got the worst transit?    |
|    21 Feb 24 15:18:38    |
      From: nospam@example.net              On Wed, 21 Feb 2024, Jeff Jonas wrote:              >> ... Here in Deepest South Florida we have TriRail.       >       > I used TriRail to & from       > FLL (Ft Lauderdale airport) and Boca Raton (Yamato Road)       > for only $5. Then a $15 Uber to my parents' place.       > Vs. $100+ for an airport car service.       > The trains were on time and just fine.       > Yes, I had to use a connecting bus to the airport (free)       > but things really did connect.       >       >> We also have Brightline.       >       > Sadly, those grade level crossings are in the news often       > for the gruesome collisions with Darwin Award winners       > who drive around the gates.              In sweden I saw in the news that the mid- and long-range trains where on       time only 82% of the time last year.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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