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Wide racial gap exists on speed of Boston-area commutes
Boston Globe ^
| November 24, 2012
| Eric Moskowitz
Posted on 11/25/2012 7:14:51 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ThunderSleeps
Actually, the article talked about how black bus riders have longer, slower commutes than white bus riders. It’s probably more of a function of living in congested areas further from places of employment than anything to do with the quality of the bus system.
To: Gaffer
Drove back one night last month picking up my wife from a trip to California. From the airport all the way north through Atlanta, the expressway lights were dark - no money to light them. They didnt come back on until somewhere north of Fulton county until we reached Cobb County.
Welcome to the Third World, it's a shame this crap is going on in this country.
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:48:43 AM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Whitey, I miss you so much. Take care, pretty girl. (4-15-2001 - 10-12-2012))
To: ConservativeStatement
I've heard it all.
Racist mass transit. Unbelievable. The Klan set up the routes?
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:52:05 AM PST
by
Nepeta
To: Nowhere Man
When driving there, I always make sure I have my 1911A1 and three clips loaded with 45 ACP DRT ammo.
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:52:19 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: ConservativeStatement
"She meant the bus route between Ruggles and Mattapan, which she boarded just after 5 p.m. at Roxbury Community College, to reach the meeting 4½ miles away at Mattapans branch library. It took an hour and 15 minutes to get here, she said, narrowing her eyes."Has she ever heard about walking?
When I worked in New York, I almost always walked from the train station to my office. Killing two birds with one stone, getting to the office, and exercise. It took slightly more time than the subway, and was probably much faster than the bus.
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:53:17 AM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: ConservativeStatement
I don’t know of anyone or anything that is preventing her from moving to a more convenient area. She remains in her hell hole of her own free will. She can’t understand how to better her situation. This is what socialism is causing & she is not smart enough to get it. It is easier to blame the so called “rich” than to improve her life.
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
We live an hour outside of Memphis. You would NOT want to have car trouble in a bad area there. I stopped going to my favorite mall there years ago because of all the crime. Even in the revitalized mid-town area the crime is bad.
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:54:54 AM PST
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Nepeta
There was an article in the New York Times a few weeks ago about lack of sleeping and how it related to race.
To: ConservativeStatement
Eventually we are going to realize that not being black is a racist act in and of itself, and deserving of capital punishment.
That's what "Knockout King" is all about.
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posted on
11/25/2012 7:56:56 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Labor unions are the Communist Party of the USA.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Why is it always about skin color with the left?
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:01:55 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: ConservativeStatement
Yep - make the Blacks wait and “grease” the way for the homos...Typical Boston Commons “values.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:15:10 AM PST
by
trebb
(Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
To: YankeeReb
Actually, the liberal “solution” here is to make cars prohibitively expensive to drive so that whites, after being forced by raw economics into the mass transit system, have just as slow of a commute as blacks. That is the liberal approach to equality - make things suck just as bad for everyone. Except for the ever-important decision-makers, of course.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:18:08 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: ConservativeStatement
Let me guess-————We be pickin on dem blacks again.
Pissin and moaning must be a cultural thing.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:18:49 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: muawiyah
You would never get hired by a mass transit authority. They constantly tweak schedules, with the tweaks almost always making the schedules worse.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:21:08 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: ThunderSleeps
The real issue is simple that commuting by car is apparently faster than commuting by bus. I lived in Williansville, a suburb of Buffalo. I had a 20 minute drive downtown to work. I tried the 'Rapid Transit' system - 12 minutes to the station, 15 minute walk and wait for train, 30 minute ride. Took about an hour. There are only a few places in the US where public transportation makes sense.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:21:22 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: BenLurkin
Votes. Brainwashing and guaranteed dependency makes Pelosi, Reid, Clinton(s), etc. very rich and powerful.
To: Gaffer
It hacks me off that the legislature continues to let the City run ATL as a cronyism fiefdom. They need to take that playtoy away.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:30:31 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est.)
To: ConservativeStatement
yeah, let’s start doing what the Nazis did and only letting those who can prove they are “of color” ride on the public transportation. The Caucasians can fend for themselves.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:32:14 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: dirtboy
Is Poor Charley still on the MTA? He’s had a long ride, but he only owes another nickel.
To: FatherofFive
My son takes a commuter boat to work in Boston. It’s a 15minute drive to the boat and a pretty relaxing ride back and forth everyday. It’s not cheap but it beats the drive which is probably 20 miles and can take well over an hour.
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posted on
11/25/2012 8:59:02 AM PST
by
surrey
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