Please run for office! I'll be the first to contribute to the campaign fund! I'll bet we could get a few folks here in MSN to contribute as well!!!
It is important for the regular rabble to do this. We just got some "non-Neanderthals" into office here recently who have similar attitudes as you do. And I know that Dan Herber (human-powered transportation rabble rouser) did great work when he was an alder up in LaX. It can be done! We are starting to make some progress on transit & bike stuff, modest so far, but some progress.
I'm hoping we can get even more rabble elected in the next election cycle. Cuz I know the Neanderthals are gearing up for a backlash against the progress building up.
Run, Cathy, run!
-Mike
My experiences in the Netherlands show me that transit center can mean city center - with bike rental, covered parking, repairs; shops; restaurants; public art and meeting space; tourist info; etc. A vibrant hub of a regional multi-modal transit system could have been wonderful - not only for downtown revitalization and decreased congestion, but also because we could have led the way to show how regional planned multi-modal transportation can revitalize small communities and provide jobs and cleaner air and better land use.
If your elected officials' only experiences of "mass transit" were bus rides taken forty or more years ago from one hellhole of a bus depot to another, and the bicycle is still considered as a toy rather than as a legitimate means of transportation, then there's little hope of making significant changes.
With a nod to MLK Jr on this anniversary of the March, those who have had the dream have to tell others about it and act on it - write to Amtrak, contact officials, write letters to editors, run for office, support candidates with experience and vision.
I appreciated reading Jeff's post and applaud his action (and hope it continues!)
Cathy in La Crosse
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