[PRCo] Re: The Rest of the World -Electric Rails - Britain

[Derrick Brashear]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
> One of the guys who got this wanted to engage me in a contest over the definition of light rail.   I refused because it is always in the mind of the beholder and in this case, the politician.
>
> Whatever you call it, I'm simply amazed at the passenger counts.   My God, Derrick, 215,000 a day in one corner of the city.

After I got to Lewisham I took a bus which ran every 15 minutes, to
adjacent to a East London Overground stop, to visit a friend. The trip
was not particularly preplanned and he was surprised at how i was
arriving.

I left his place in time to get the last Overground. missed the one
before. 11:45pm? service frequency is 12 minutes.

In Pittsburgh today we have an argument about whether Lenzner can
provide service to Cranberry that the Port Authority has to cut. It
will be twice per day.

You can call me a tax and spend liberal. I'll agree that I am
uninterested in subsidizing cheap gas by breathing fumes and wonder
when you will fit your car with something which sequesters pollutants,
or reimburse me for contaminating my share of the air.

I will not hold my breath waiting on the answer.

Derrick
(referring to the generic "you)