From: "Bob Paolino": > Thanks for arranging and publicizing this. I may suggest to the other members of my EnAct team that we consider attending as a substitute for our upcoming Monday meeting that would otherwise occupy this time slot. >
Great! > ..... While buses need to be a component of the system, the backbone of the system needs to be cleaner, faster, and more efficient than mere dieselbuses. > It's not limited to diesel buses. > ... Madison has been talking about rail rapid transit for years (decades) but continues to do nothing. Without frequent, timely, and affordable service on intelligently designed routes, transit is going to continue to go nowhere. > Good point. One of the comments made at the public hearings last fall were that it must first be shown that people in Madison will support the bus system by using it before rail rapid transit will have any chance of flying. For Madison to use the bus system - really use it - there needs to be frequent, timely, and affordable service on intelligently designed routes. That's what we're working for in forming this advocacy group I believe. I would add that we also need to have an institutional system in place that rewards people who use the bus and other modes of that don't involve driving cars. Car driving is subsidized way too much the way it is. We should be subsidizing people who choose not to drive instead. That would fill those buses, bike paths and sidewalks, curb urban sprawl, reduce air pollution and traffic deaths, and maybe even slow global warming. It may even help fill a few empty stomachs. But that's too unrealistic to even give it a try. It's not time yet. We have to wait until all hell breaks loose, and then it will be too late. Ramblin Man _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
