P3D Re: transportation alternatives

[George Themelis <gthemelis@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- CanterMike@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Here in the Nations Seat (oops, Capitol) I can, if I
> choose, take our Modern (1970's) Clean (exceptionally 
> so by New York standards) and Convienient 
> (especially if you discount the four block walk from
> my office to the station, the ten minute wait for a 
> train, the 30 minute cross town ride, and the mile 
> walk from the station to our meeting hall METRO 
> (subway) to our meetings.  

I beat you!  I only have to walk from my office to 
the conference room (a one minute walk) :-)

> Surely the Good Citizens of Cleveland are not 
> completely bereft of such modern amenities.....

I am not sure if you are ironic or serious but the fact
is that I don't know anyone in either Cleveland or Detroit who uses
public transportation.  It might have 
something to do with having the meetings in suburbs
and not downtown.  Why not downtown you might ask?
To be honest (and I know I am scratching another
wound here) that's because many people are AFRAID to
drive or walk downtown at night.  Which brings me to
the gossip I heard recently... I was told that the only
way to have your club's meetings downtown was to have
them at the Police station... and still some people 
don't want to even drive there (might be totally wrong 
but that's what I was told).

> How's that for a competition subject: Public
> Transportation?

The Detroit has something like that... They call it
"What is this?" :-)

George
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