[sustran] Re: Quote

[Hayes, Paul (TSA)]

Hi Chris,

The Fatima Mansions coined a song entitled "Only Losers take the bus" - I
can send you the schizophrenic lyrics if you like.  Perhaps an example of
the individual / frontier ethic in pop/rock ... Of course, the are plenty of
ripostes in popular culture (Gridlock etc)

Paul Hayes

-----Original Message-----
From: Kerry Wood [mailto:kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2000 11:30 am
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Subject: [sustran] Re: Quote


Hi Chris, everybody


> "Show me a grown man on a bus and I'll show you a failure"
> 
> Does anyone know the exact quote and proper attribution?
> 


No, but I can offer an anti-quote:


"...there is no stigma attached to travelling by tram in Zurich; indeed,
anyone who does not use the tram  tends to be regarded as out of touch."

"Our politicians make regular use of public transport (not just at
election times) and leading figures from economic and academic life
would not consider commuting in any other way."


Prof R Heierli (City Engineer, Zurich) (1996)
European Lecture: Public transport in Zurich
Proc Inst Civil Eng, London, Transport



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