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grantmasterflash's comments
Posted Mon, Feb 21, 5:07 p.m.
The former Secretary of transportation for Washington thinks Metro is self supporting! snicker snicker ALL transit is subsidised. The reason trains have to be subsidised is because airports and roads are. Why do you think they can compete when planes and buses when both are being supported by taxes? Stop ...
MOREPosted Mon, Feb 21, 4:57 p.m.
martin7341, This last month in my research I've been taking all forms of transit between Seattle and Portland. Before I started this article I though that it would be a toss up between flying and driving. What I found out from the numbers that it was a toss up between ...
MOREPosted Mon, Feb 21, 4:53 p.m.
GaryP, I thought about that but I don't believe you're correct. Why would someone buy a ticket from Seattle to Atlanta and that flight would take them on a propeller plane to Portland before boarding a jet to Atlanta? It probably wouldn't happen.
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 10, 12:14 p.m.
@martin7341 - Your calculations are incorrect. You like a lot of people assume your car only needs to be fed gas to run. I'm currently researching a very in depth article on business travel between Seattle and Portland. Using the IRS calculation for cost per mile driving will run you ...
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