I certainly didn't try to incite a core-suburb conflict. My comments were
oriented towards a strategy for Minneapolis. If the suburbs want to set their
own strategy and pay whatever price is implicit in it, that's fine. But it is
presumptuous for suburbanites to try to dictate the strategy used by
Minneapolis according to what they think is their convenience. For example, if
they simply want to keep multiplying the number of personal vehicles they send
through central cities, then they will have to get used to moving progressively
slower over time. The expense of getting everywhere solo will rise in both
money and time. But Minneapolis, which is the geographical entity whose needs
are being discussed here, needs to realize that increasing density in housing
and transport are the destiny we are facing. It has been dictated by law that
we cannot be a bigger city. So if we grow it will all be inward. And that
means we need to move groups of people, not individuals. And
the
rising cost of energy and the burgeoning crisis of the atmosphere also dictate
we need to expend decreasing amounts of energy per passenger mile.
That's why we need to define a transit strategy that insures we are still able
to move people and maintain a rate of economic growth that will support the
population.
Jim Mork
Cooper Neighborhood
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