* Tim Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021121 08:38]: > Cars are attracted to FREEWAYS and HIGHWAYS, because of the > that I might want to visit - is not convenience and is not a good > sign for our light rail.
I think the current design of transit in the Twin Cities is really geared towards commuters, who have primary goals of getting from their car at a park-and-ride to work someplace near downtown or the UMN area. Its sort of a whats-easiest-to-shove-through-the-system thing right now, IMO. It would be great to have 'livable, walkable communities' around transit, but that usually opens a can of worms about forcing people to live somewhere specific instead of the market deciding or subsidising peoples lives at the cost of the 'burbs. Of course, the political party in power is going to create an interesting situation with interactions between some communities in the Twin Cities area who are pushing for more choices in transportation and an expansion of existing infrastructure the urging of the locals. Merely borrowing tomorrows tax dollars to build roads is short sighted and is going to create a road system that can't meet the demand and even *less* money to deal with the issue. Then some bright person will come up with the idea to bond for roads again! Or raise the taxes even higher to cover the bonds and pay for new construction! When does it end?! Thankfully, many people I know do support commuter rail still, which is less of a boondoggle to them then light rail would ever be. Some of them would have rather seen commuter rail before light rail as a prudent use of their tax dollars. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KC0OBS http://www.ringworld.org/ "Many voters assume that their political leaders are hard at work on these issues. They are not." _Editorial: Time to choose / Who will deliver on transportation?_ http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3367890.html _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
