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    From Joy Beeson@jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid to rec.bicycles.misc on Sat Jan 11 22:33:29 2025
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    You can't have mass transit unless you have masses who want to
    transit.
    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
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  • From Mortimer Houghton@mortimer@VivoBook.X512D to rec.bicycles.misc on Sat Jan 18 13:06:02 2025
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    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:



    You can't have mass transit unless you have masses who want to
    transit.


    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net

    But we do have masses who want to transit. It just happens
    that most of them are driving (in the United States).
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  • From pH@wNOSPAMp@gmail.org to rec.bicycles.misc on Sat Jan 18 17:20:52 2025
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    On 2025-01-18, Mortimer Houghton <mortimer@VivoBook.X512D> wrote:
    Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:



    You can't have mass transit unless you have masses who want to
    transit.


    --
    Joy Beeson
    joy beeson at centurylink dot net

    But we do have masses who want to transit. It just happens
    that most of them are driving (in the United States).

    Here in Santa Cruz County, CA, the city fathers are now approving large
    housing buildings (sometimes called "Stak-n-paks" on crowded arterials which happen to have bus lines.

    These projects are approved with *no* parking in some cases or say 25 spaces per 100 units under the assumption that all the tenants will use the bus!

    Some of these are also as small as 220 square feet, so single occupancy, for sure.

    On a separate note, I usually know of five people or so per year pulling up stakes and leaving for other states: Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Texas,
    Arizona and Tennessee have all been represented.

    pH in Aptos (an un-incorporated area of Santa Cruz County about 10 miles
    south of Santa Cruz City).
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