Commuters Favor Public Transit For Others
4 December 2000 - 7:00am
The Onion reports that 98% of US commuters favor public transportation for others.
The tongue-in-cheek newspaper, The Onion, writes a hillarious indictment of public transit in the US: "Of the study's 5,200 participants, 44 percent cited faster commutes as the primary reason to expand public transportation, followed closely by shorter lines at the gas station. Environmental and energy concerns ranked a distant third and fourth, respectively."
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The Onion, November 29, 2000
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