Richard Risemberg rickrise@earthlink.net [CARFREE_CITIES]
2016-12-08 14:11:27 UTC
Great article in CitylabâŠ.
Quotes:
"You canât live in an ideological dream world if youâre worried about the next emergency in your city, and you have those practical responsibilities of having the city actually function."
"In fact, most of us donât have any room for any more highways. Itâs not a matter of political philosophy, you just canât do it. Because the land is too valuable and too occupied by dense development to even contemplating driving new freeways or new freeway lanes through existing urban areas. So the solution for those urban areasâitâs not a matter of ideology, itâs just practical engineeringâis transit, walking, and bicycling. And yet if the national government thinks of transportation as highways only, that will be a problem for cities."
The link:
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/12/portland-oregon-mayor-charlie-hales-interview-climate-change/509879/?utm_source=SFTwitter
Rick
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Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.SustainableCityNews.com
http://gridlogisticsinc.com
http://www.rickrise.com
Quotes:
"You canât live in an ideological dream world if youâre worried about the next emergency in your city, and you have those practical responsibilities of having the city actually function."
"In fact, most of us donât have any room for any more highways. Itâs not a matter of political philosophy, you just canât do it. Because the land is too valuable and too occupied by dense development to even contemplating driving new freeways or new freeway lanes through existing urban areas. So the solution for those urban areasâitâs not a matter of ideology, itâs just practical engineeringâis transit, walking, and bicycling. And yet if the national government thinks of transportation as highways only, that will be a problem for cities."
The link:
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/12/portland-oregon-mayor-charlie-hales-interview-climate-change/509879/?utm_source=SFTwitter
Rick
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.SustainableCityNews.com
http://gridlogisticsinc.com
http://www.rickrise.com