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- From: jskean@unlinfo.unl.edu (jonathan skean)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (Alert)
- Date: 27 Dec 1992 09:58:46 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue) writes:
-
- >There is a really interesting article in the December 1992 issue of
- >Discover about a proposed "personal" mass transit system. It is called
- >"Mass Transit for One", pg 38.
-
- >The system is like a rail-based road system, much like our current street
- >system for automobiles. Computers will determine which path for cars to
- >take to reduce congestion. The cars will actually move off of the main
- >roadway when picking-up/dropping-off passengers to reduce traffic problems.
-
- Sounds like the ill-fated system inflicted on Morgantown, W.Va. a while
- back. Could someone from WVU with access to the relevant figures remind
- us of what this "good idea" ended up costing the Federal deficit in the end?
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