[longtermmemmory]

Efficiency has never been the issue with mass transit. The issue has always been elimination of personal vehicles and private property right.

[sheik yerbouty]

Exactly!

[Salman]

The issue has always been elimination of personal vehicles and private property right.

Nonsense. In and around crowded cities it's indispensible. I would never, for example, drive my car to Chicago if I can take a train. There's no "freedom" in driving in a situation like that.

[mewzilla]

We've driven around London. Never again :) Do like the train, though.

[endthematrix]

Hey I read Guts! by Robert Lutz (of Chrysler fame) and he has said this in the book. Don't tell this guy anything negative about SUV's!

[Willie Green]

The issue has always been elimination of personal vehicles and private property right.

That's silly.
What do you think the government's gonna do... create an armed Commuter Gestapo to forcibly herd people onto mass transit trains with cattle prods?
Baloney. Mass transit is simply about offering an alternative for people to choose from. Either because they can't afford their own personal vehicles, or they find some aspect of the mass-transit system to be more convenient.