One subject that comes up at neighborhood meetings and in this forum
frequently is transportation. Bus hubs, freeway ramps, light rail and
what to do with all those cars. Yet there is no section in our daily
newspaper called "Transportation". Instead the Star Tribune has a
section called "Motoring". I don't mean to pick on the the hometown
paper since nearly every daily newspaper in the country has a section
devoted to cars in addition to special advertising sections full of
articles about how great cars are and car ads.
What's odd about these Motoring Sections is that they are treated by
the editors as a blind spot where the high journalistic standards of the
rest of the paper don't apply. I saw an ad on television this morning
for an auto glass company featuring Paul Brand , billed as an
"Automotive Journalist". What kind of journalist does TV ads ?
The Strib has had great editorials on global warming and sprawl.
Wouldn't it be great if the Strib changed the name of the Motoring
Section to the Transportation Section and gave equal coverage to
bicyclists, pedestrians, bus riders, airplane passengers, Amtrac
passengers, PRT advocates, rail advocates etc.?
-Avidor
Kingfield
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