There are similiar concerns with cabs idling at cab
stands in downtown but I don't know exactly what can
be done about it.
Some of the nastiest air in all of downtown is at the
several locations downtown where cabs continously idle
throughout the day outside hotels.
On Nicollet the problem is compounded by the diesel
exhaust from passing buses. Why can't we get zero
emissions buses like other metro areas?
Anyway, the idling cabs are one of my pet peeves even
though as a downtown resident without a car I also
love the convenience of being able to walk a few
blocks to a cab stand when the bus system will not
meet my needs due to time constraints, schedules, or
destinations that are relatively inaccessible by metro
transit.
Downtown residents and pedestrians, some auto free by
choice and others by necessity, windup breathing
everyone else's exhaust from the rush hours in and out
of town.
It's interesting that the density that makes a
pedestrian centered way of life so convenient downtown
also draws such large amounts of traffic, and thus
exhaust, that those who emit the least may wind up
breathing in the most.
David Strand
Loring Park
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