Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:45:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ivy Yap?= <yapivy at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Transportation TANSTAAFL
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

 --- ronkean at juno.com wrote:
>  In such places, swarms of little taxi cabs (some
> with just 3 wheels) and
> jitneys ply the streets picking up and dropping off
> passengers, and
> larger trucks and busses run intercity on an ad hoc
> basis, the routes,
> schedules, and pricing being totally unregulated.
> Passengers and
> commercial cargo are routinely loaded on the same
> vehicle, seating is
> often a luxury, and in fact many of the passengers
> are commercial
> travelers carrying their wares with them.  Americans
> would be appalled by
> the crowded, dirty, and unsafe conditions
> prevailing, but those
> conditions are a consequence of poverty as opposed
> to an inherent defect
> of free markets.  The market is providing the best
> value possible for the
> little money they are willing and able to pay.

Sounds kind of like the Philippines, except fares here
are regulated.  We've got various bus lines, a lot of
jeepneys (most of the drivers are unionized, but
they're otherwise unaffiliated), tricycles
(motorcycles with sidecars), FX vans, and the light
rail transit.  Oh yeah, also pedicabs - bicycles with
sidecars.

The guy who delivered our new DVD player yesterday
took public transport and got lost on the way to our
house.  But he showed up in the end and we are now
proud owners of an all-region DVD player.  Joy!

=====
Ivy Yap
yapivy at yahoo.com

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