NOT ALL TRANSPORT IS CREATED EQUAL:

Home Economics (Jon Gertner, Interview with Edward Glaeser, New York Times Magazine, March 5, 2006)

Glaeser likes to point out ... that cars per capita in 1990 is among the best indicators of how well a city has fared over the past 15 years. The more cars, the better ...

Curiously, trains per capita is the best indicator of whether men will spend all day at home and concoct rules for not traveling.

Posted by pjaminet at March 5, 2006 10:10 PM