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   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article , bap@shrdlu.com says...   
   >   
   > On 15/01/14 01:21, Greg Goss wrote:   
   > > I don't mind walking 100 feet or so between steps of the journey, but   
   > > I don't like the half-mile walks and long waits that current public   
   > > transit requires.   
   >   
   > In London you are almost always within 100 feet of a bus stop. It might   
   > not connect directly to your destination but it connects to other routes   
   > which probably do.   
   >   
   > I'm now living in Manchester and within 100 feet of my door are four bus   
   > stops, two of them on what I am told is the busiest bus route in Europe.   
   > At peak times buses carrying 85 passengers leave every three minutes in   
   > each direction.   
      
   That's London.  The same is true of most dense urban areas.  I don't   
   live in one of those and don't have any desire to.   
      
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