I am not asking about government administration's (respectively its representatives) interest(s), but about their sovereign duty - and the limits thereto. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

But it seems the topic is too complicated or complex, or not sufficiently prone to ranting, or too visionary for meaningful, realistic argumentation. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" />

Obviously, there is no winner (simply agreeing, without reasoning why is inadequate <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />) - I'll give you a new one to think about:

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Cities get overwhelmed by avalanches of private cars being driven into town, parking space gets scarce and - as it is in a free market with a rare good - expensive. Big investments go into road building, smog prevention, etc. It seems that less goes into developing and building an adequate public transportation system, that people would actually accept in preference to driving their own vehicle.

What would a public transportation system (whether intra-city or inter-city)have to provide in order to be accepted by a majority of the population?






In times of crisis it is of the utmost importance not to lose your head (Marie Antoinette)