Radio Smart Talk for Wednesday, August 3:
How much did you pay to fill up your car's gas tank this morning? How long did you wait in traffic on your way to work? The price of fuel and heavy traffic are just two reasons many are deciding to leave the car at home and join a carpool, vanpool or ride mass transit to work.
Even though there are advantages to commuters finding alternatives, most Americans, continue to drive their personal automobiles in order to get to work.
Featured on Wednesday's program will be Brandy Heilman, Executive Director of Commuter Services of Pennsylvania, an organization devoted to helping commuters find better ways to work, instead of driving alone.
Do you drive to work alone? Why or why not? Would you carpool, vanpool or ride mass transit if it was available? Let us know.
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Every time I hear of alternatives to automobile transit being discussed in the USA I am saddened by the actions of business back in the '50's -----collusion, actually among oil companies, car companies, tire companies....every conceivable business associated with the automobile----- to turn America away from implementing mass transit systems as people movers.
Everyone should watch the documentary "Who Killed The Electric Car" which shows that they even went so far as to destroy already functional light rail systems in cities across the nation so they could sell oil-burning buses.
Now the blocks to retrofitting mass transit are the problems of finding right of way with least disruption to businesses and homes.
Very tricky. It can be done...but very costly.
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