[commonerX]

Don't get me wrong I don't think the high cost of gas is in some big plan or anything, but civil engineers have been trying to get the public out of their cars and onto public transportation for sometime. Some do feel that the government should force the issue, by making cars too expensive to drive.

[chuckwalla]

No it's a simple plan for high profits.

If they build decent transportation we will use it.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think the high cost of gas is in some big plan or anything, but civil engineers have been trying to get the public out of their cars and onto public transportation for sometime.

You might even say that this civil engineer is part of that conspiracy. LOL!

Seriously -- the issue isn't really "auto vs. transit," but is simply a matter of a transportation system's efficiency. Believe me -- civil engineers would love nothing more than to pave this country from one end to the other. The practical reality of an inefficient transportation system is what is driving more and more decisions in this business.

[RayChuang88]

Some do feel that the government should force the issue, by making cars too expensive to drive.

If that's the case the government would raise the price of gasoline to over US$4.50/gallon with more taxes and put excise taxes on automobiles based on the size of the car, the size of the engine and/or fuel economy results. Why do you think that the average car in Europe is somewhere between a Toyota Echo and Toyota Corolla in size and engine displacement?

[johnb838]

Make the mass transit go where I need to go when I need to go there and I'll use it a-hole. Until then I don't care WHAT the engineers want. All I see are empty busses polluting the air right now.