On 17/09/2007, at 1:06 PM, Dan Minettte wrote: > > Well, technically, the proposal doesn't force people to walk. > There could > be mass transit on each and every street, I suppose. It's just > that any > realistic implementation of the proposal would force people who are > not > capable of walking moderately long distances to do so.
Taxis, exemptions for disabled transport, electric scooters, recumbent tricycles, wheelchairs, pedicabs, and so on. In fact, precisely how disabled people who don't have access to a car get around now. It's not a proposal that forces anyone to do anything, especially if you're talking about the centre of London (within the Circle Line area, which seems to be the general idea). It's just that *some* of you Americans are so utterly wedded to the concept of the private car that you really seem to be unable to consider that people can get by without, or that cities in Europe and Australia have integrated transport that actually works (mostly). > > I think that the main difference between you and others is that you > envision > a practical way to have no cars in London without making people > walk and > others, including me, don't. Or is it that you don't think practical > implications are germane? When you have lived in a city like London with bus routes every two blocks, and the Underground and train lines connecting lots of those up too, it's hard to imagine being totally reliant on a car - if you don't own one, those few occasions when you really need door to door transport, taxis are fine (and *all* proper London Taxis can take a wheelchair too). Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
