[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh - think tank blasts possible new transit taxes

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:

> If you live in a suburban home and commute to a job in a suburban
> industrial park, then go shopping in a mall, or go to church on some
> back road, or to a doctor's office in another neighborhood, you can
> drive there in five to fifteen minutes but even if there is a bus
> option, it can often take hours and you simply don't use it.

Unless you're old, or blind, or poor, or...

paratransit is effectively subsidized taxi service. But it's not universal 
and can't and won't service everyone who might use it.

This is the obvious rebuttal to the "we can buy every rider a car for 
less"

Great. I'm going to put all the blind ones in that car outside *your* 
house.