01-23-2006, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Germany
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Originally Posted by Reba
The US is a much larger country, and places are spread far apart. That is part of the problem.
Also, many Americans prefer the freedom of hopping in their cars when they want to go somewhere; they don't want to be restricted by bus and train schedules.
Also, many Americans don't want to increase their taxes to pay for public transportation.
For some people (including my family), even if there was public transportation available, it wouldn't solve our job-related transportation needs.
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Alot Americans are for public transportation since gasoline expense... 
Should local governments spend more money to improve public transportation?
http://student-voices.org/discussion...scussionID=396
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Exactly. I can't ride a bike 20 miles to work each day; it takes too much time, and I would arrive at work sweaty. In the summertime, it is always in the 90's degrees, with high humidity. I would be in awful condition if a I rode a bike to work!
I am curious about that. If you ride your bike to work, do you take a shower when you get there?
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Well, there're no hot summer at 6.00 am but cool and fresh air weather or no hill but down to town thru forest... when I rode with bike to work for 5 miles. That's why I don't have sweat... but... it's too hot when I left work for go back home by 4.00 pm during hot summer... I go to shower straight to cool me down after arrive home...
As far as I know from a lot of Germans take shower after travel with bicycle for 12 miles to work place where we moved to in 1992 because there're hill and down road which it got them more exercise. They have to arrive work place 15 minutes earlier to have quick shower before work time start. I don't ride my bicycle for 12 miles to work place because of children and my hubby's work time... I will one day when my children are old enough to look after themselves.
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