Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:32:52 on Thu, 12 Aug
2004, remarked:
Well, that's obviously *enough* usage for you, then. Odd how
it varies from person to person. PT's big drawback is assuming
one size fits all.
Er. Buses, buses with winding routes, buses on express routes,
trains, the underground, all that. Is that one-size? If so,
the worlds most fabulously comprehensive public transport system
could be sniped at by saying "it assumes one size fits all".
Perahps you mean PT's big drawback is not providing people with
their own car?
I was saying "one size does not fit all *people*", not "all routes". And
yes, the car is more successful at fitting, having everything on offer
from an old banger to a brand new Range Rover.
Old banger to brand new? Not so different to some bus routes then!
While cars are indeed invaluable in many instances for most people
at some time or another, it isn't true they always outperform PT.
If forced to choose, I'd be crazy to choose the car. And I have no
idea what your point is re all *people* vs all routes; I was
pointing out the dubious nature of saying that PT is in any sense
single sized. The sizings available may indeed not fit an array
of people, but _single_ sized it isn't[1].
[1] Unless, I suppose, you live somewhere with only a small
number of poorly connecting bus routes. But the newsgroups line
contains london and urban, so it's not clear that would be the
most relevant assumption here.
#Paul