Betty that is key to making it work.
Make ares where Cars cannot travel. Make public transport simple and
easy and you would be surprised how it works.
The Europeans have us beat when it comes to most transportation ideas.
Part of our problem stems back to Americas individualism and short term goals.
Stewart
At 02:01 PM 5/28/2009, you wrote:
Many cities have downtown areas where cars aren't permitted. In Hong
Kong, where there are few cars, public transport is cheap, goes
everywhere, and uses RFID passes. Not so cheap in London, but I've
never had to go anywhere in London that wasn't less than 1/2 mile of
a bus or tube. Same for Dublin, Paris, Athens, Barcelona, and most
of NYC and Philly.
Gothenburg, Sweden is especially friendly for cyclists, with their
own traffic lanes and signals, along side train tracks and highways.
The hills are a killer though. I could take my bicycle on the trains
in Sweden [I've taken a bicycle on the NYC subway]. Some buses
elsewhere have bike racks.
The key word is PUBLIC transportation. Public transport benefits
all, whether or not you use it. I don't know of a good
transportation system that isn't subsidized, but there might be
some. Assuming that mass transit has to be private, existing on the
whims of the marketplace is naive. The free market fantasy is
killing us with pollution and bankruptcy. Should all roads be toll
roads? Of course not. There has to be a balance--and free WiFi with schedules.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[email protected]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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