[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]End of a Street car line?

[Schneider Fred]

If you like torturing yourself, Manhattan is OK.   No worse than  
London or Paris.  Done them all.  Where I do not want to drive is  
Delhi because those people are too skilled.

On Aug 10, 2008, at 11:20 PM, John Swindler wrote:

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>
> SEPTA fare isn't bad.  Only $1.30 base fare because I keep a small  
> supply of tokens.  And in a few years, will keep a small supply of  
> senior citizen tickets so that my senior commuter rail trips will  
> only cost 85 cents - or whatever it is then.  I place a value on  
> convenience.
>
> Parking cost at PHL is $11 daily.  Tolerable for short trips - not  
> so for long trip.
>
> So what is it like to drive in Manhattan???  Never done that.  (:>)
>
> John
>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh- 
>> railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]End of a Street  
>> car line?> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:10:04 +0000> > It's all a  
>> matter of where you are going. And that is how Bob Rathke started  
>> this, John, by comparing parking costs in Manhattan to the train  
>> fare. > If the destination is the Philadelphia Airport for two  
>> weeks abroad, the taxi fare to the Lancaster station, the Amtrak  
>> fare to Philadelphia, and the INEPTA fare to the airport is one- 
>> sixth of just the cost of the parking charge at the Philadelphia  
>> airport. It is about 1/11th of the total driving cost to the  
>> airport in Philaelphia. Sure as God made green apples, I'm not  
>> driving to the Philadelphia airport to catch a plane.> > If I were  
>> going to Newark, NJ for the day, I would probably drive because I  
>> could find some place to park the car on the street or in a  
>> parking lot for $25. But if I were driving to Newark to catch a  
>> plane, then I would seriously consider the tr!
>  ain to the monorail to the airport.. Or I might, as I've done  
> before, use rental cars. They're cheaper than the parking fees and  
> a lot easier than hauling suitcases on a train. > > If I were going  
> to the Philadelphia Art Museum, I might drive because they have  
> their own parking lot. If, however, it was the last day of a major  
> exhibit at the art museum, I would probably take the train knowing  
> full well that I couldn't get into the art museum lot. > > If I  
> were going to Manhattan? Only a fool or the uneducated drives a car  
> into Manhattan and parks it there. A flight out of Kennedy Airport?  
> Well, there is a limo service from Lancaster to Kennedy but I've  
> successfully managed to avoid that airport for most flights over  
> the last two decades. > > Working at the Baltimore Streetcar  
> Museum? I can make it from home to the museum in 85 to 95 minutes.  
> If I had to use public transportation, it would take three and a  
> half hours each way spread over two or three days. The only  
> possible r!
>  oute is through Philadelphia. > > Working at the Pennsylvania Trolley
> Museum? Well, that's about a four to four and a half hour drive. By  
> public transportation? Well, there is a train from Lancaster to  
> Pittsburgh and some sort of rudimentary bus service from Pittsburgh  
> to Meadowlands and then a two-mile walk. Sort of a no-brainer,  
> isn't it? > > And why would I want to invest in a SEPTA ten trip  
> ticket? That is like giving the turnpike commission my money in  
> advance for tolls so I can use Easy Pass and so that they can  
> furlough employees. > -------------- Original message  
> -------------- > From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> > > >  
> > > > > Fred could also purchase a SEPTA ten-trip senior citizen  
> ticket for $8.50 unless > > he prefers Amtrak from Lancaster. > > > >
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