Two editorials in today's StarTribune on transit. The first by the Strib editors includes this:
" The report's second solution, market choices, is a slam-dunk. Consumers expect options in everything from breakfast cereal to movies. Yet for commuting, most have no attractive choice but to drive. It's an embarrassment that Minnesota funds transit at only half the level of comparable places." http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3756229.html The second http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/3753286.html concludes: "More choices and fair pricing would get better results than the paranoia and propaganda that now poison transportation politics. So, if the problem is that our current development pattern has reached its limit, then the challenge would seem to be one of rebalancing policy back toward a market of more choices and fair prices. After a generation of rhetoric-rich but research-poor debate, now we have facts to face." Last week I wrote about congestion in my Skyway News column. The link is currently at http://www.skywaynews.net/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2003/March/ 10-2380-voices01.txt The link should be good for another week or so. I concluded "Let's provide some incentive to get out of the car and onto the bus." Terrell Brown Minneapolis, MN 55403-2315 _______________________________________________ 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.
