Robert Cross talks about his favorite mode of transportation.
"Science fiction writers of the Fifties assured everyone that the whole transportation thing would be solved by now... Instead, we still mount massive SUVs with exploding tires. We idle at traffic lights. We wobble along on scooters or rollerblades or hike over miles of pavement, wearing ridiculous shoes with swooshes painted on their heels...We can send people to the moon, but . . .Maybe science did let us down, transportation-wise, but engineers and railroad experts haven't. Long ago, they came up with the ultimate urban transportation miracle - the subway."
Thanks to Linda LaSut
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