Hans et al., I am constantly impressed by the thoughtfulness of comments on this Listserve. I especially appreciate the ones that nudge my viewpoint a few degrees in one direction or the other or just widen my view in general.
So thanks for that. -india On 08/12/10, Hans Noeldner <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to emphasize the importance of streetscape in > this. A bunch of bicyclists versus cars and a bus out on a boulevard like > John Nolen would not dramatize the staggering amount of space cars require > in truly urban settings. The images from pre-automobile Muenster really > capture this, it’s like, “With all these cars here, where is there > room for people?”. A place like State Street or the business > districts on Monroe or Willy – all of which have rather narrow streets – > would be good. > > > > > > > > Nowhere near enough Amerkans understand that space is a > zero-sum game, which means that the more we fill it with automobiles and their > infrastructure, the less room we leave for people, buildings, transit, > greenspace, > etc. OK, all of you know this already, but the layperson doesn’t. > The difference between photographing this on, say, John Nolen versus State > Street is like the difference between saying: > > > > > > > > “Communities grow where we plant our feet” > > > > > > versus > > > > > > > > “Communities grow where we plant our feet…AND…Sprawl > grows where we drive our cars”. > > > > > > The first is a nice sentiment, a verbal Happy Face. The second opens eyes > to the possibility, “Oh! So I cause things…and I have a > choice.” > > > > > > > > Speaking of opening eyes, is there any way we could convince > people like Eileen Bruskewicz, Vicki McKenna, and Bill Richardson to come? > I’m serious. Maybe some County Board people could devise a way...if > these folks are going to rail against transit all the time, we can't afford to > let them side-step the impacts of Happy Motoring. Maybe it could be a > special meeting of the Metro Transit Committee or something... > > > > > > > > It would be great to photo this stuff at Ride the Drive, but > maybe it would be worthwhile to pick a later date…and have a bit more > time to prepare. And this should be a major media event – something > a Photoshop approach wouldn’t serve. > > > > > > > > Hans Noeldner > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- India Viola Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research 1117 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 608.262.3336 "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" -Anonymous _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
