The author of the selected quote definitely has a perverted sense of priorities. I believe a majority of people would agree, if given a little time for thought, that our most precious resources are life, health, clean air and clean water - and present patterns of motor vehicle use are the enemies of those resources.
Jeff Schimpff Bureau of Science Services Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" (*) phone: (608) 267- 7853 (*) fax: (608) 267-5231 (*) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Logan Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:17 PM To: 'BikiesSubmissions' Subject: RE: [Bikies] Another conclusion to coercion for policy "Far from being disdained and disparaged as an 'energy waster,' the automobile should be hailed for its ability to save our most precious resource: time." The author's quick jump to the conclusion that the automobile is so valuable that people are not going to change needs to be questioned! The funny thing is that when my wife decided to give up our car shortly after the birth of our daughter, it actually turned out that she ended up with more free time as a result of using alternatives. I agree people are acting rationally given what the average American understands about their transportation choices. Yet, many are quite upset about the increase in gas prices. Something doesn't seem right. I believe this article suggests another, much more significant obstacle to the adoption of MV-alternatives: saturation of automobile know-how in our culture and almost no knowledge of options associated with MV alternatives. If people knew how much time they could save using alternatives, and if properly designed neighborhoods existed in sufficient quantities that facilitated car-lite lifestyles, I believe the switch to alternatives would be much more responsive to gas price changes - and everybody would be better off for it! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
