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

[John Swindler]

Paratransit is cheaper then taxi, but scheduled transit service is much - 
much cheaper then paratransit.  Per passenger, your tax dollars go a lot 
further with scheduled service, which is why it is encouraged in even the 
rural areas.

John



>From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh - think tank blasts possible new transit 
>taxes Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
>
>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.
>
>
>

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