I want to add my two cents about car-free anything, since the University of New Mexico is working very hard to become a car-free campus - at the age of 68 and in hot weather, walking any distance is exhausting. There have been days I've tried to do so for my health and have come home and been wiped out all afternoon.
I tried to re-acquire a bicycle and ride it and found I was no longer secure in my balance. Grocery shopping cannot be done without some way to haul the stuff home. Likewise any other acquisition of supplies. You bet I'm going to take the car when I need to. Yes, people unable to walk as a primary means of transportation can still drive. Yes, there are people whose health problems don't reach the level of needing a gimp sticker on their car but who still can't make the next three blocks without finding a coffee shop to rest and get something to drink. I have no idea what it;s like in London or Chicago. I know that San Francisco is a great town for public transportation and is totally unaffordable to live in, necessitating a long commute for many people. I know that my own city of Albuquerque is very, very hard on the impoverished disabled as far as transportation goes despite the much-touted Albuquerque Ride vans. Details at great length can probably be had from the Weekly Alibi, daily Journal, or daily Trib archives. Just my $0.02 plus a day's use of my bus pass --- Pat from Albuquerque http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ______________________________ "God does not play dice with the Universe" -Albert Einstein "Albert, quit telling God what to do with His dice." -Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
