Posted Jun 13, 2012, 4:11 PM
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Reluctant Hobbesian
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Denver
Posts: 13,126
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Originally Posted by Wizened Variations
I like systems that work, sir. And I have personally ridden the best in the world. Many times.
Examples of great transportation design:
Korea- go to Seoul sometime and ride their subway,
Go to Tokyo, Nagoya, or Osaka and see the 'city' without having to rent a car
Fly into Frankfurt and see what an INTEGRATED facility actually is.
No, I am for WELL DESIGNED public transportation systems, not 'politik' driven 1950 level built systems.
No, sir, use the best in the world as the standard...
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Let's see, every single system you mention is 'politik' driven. Each of these "well designed public transportation systems" is a direct result of a country being able to divert significant portions of GDP towards rebuilding and expanding infrastructure because they did not have to worry about national defense. Sixty years of defraying the cost of national defense for monetary dominance has allowed these systems to be built. The provider of that defense? They don't benefit from that defrayed cost in terms of transportation infrastructure.
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