http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/rw00c.htm
"The key to reviving our center cities, Mumford said, "rests on the restoring of the pedestrian scale of distances to the interior of the city, of making it possible for the pedestrian to exist." He added, "We are faced, it is fairly obvious to me, with the blunders of one-dimensional thinking, or thinking very expertly about a single characteristic, a single feature that we are interested in, and forgetting the realities that surround us."
In closing, he explained that the goal of improving our cities could be achieved only if "we are prepared to apply our intelligence to the purposes of life instead of applying them merely to the means of life. That means eventually we will put the motor car in its place. We will cast off the mistress and live with our wives instead."
If only they had listened.
Sean Ryan Audubon
P.S. Part of the original plan was realized here some 50 years later with the 394 parking ramps. Instead of plowing through, it politely drops you off at the door.
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