[sustran] Re: a bias against drivers?

Wendell Cox wcox at publicpurpose.com
Fri Jul 6 00:55:00 JST 2001


Eric..

Sorry. Not all of us have been converted to this view. With road pricing and
improved pollution control, an auto based system may well be sustainable, at
the appropriate densities. The issue has to do with overall objectives and
there is no reason to introduce biases into the matter. I like Todd's
criteria, if restated in unbiased terms. Let the evaluation determine the
strategies. We dont need theologians, we need analysts.

Best regards,
Wendell





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----- Original Message -----
From: <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Cc: Wendell Cox <wcox at publicpurpose.com>; Todd Litman <litman at vtpi.org>
Sent: Thursday, 05 July, 2001 10:51
Subject: a bias against drivers?


> Dear Wendell and group,
>
> Wendell, you have just written: "A not altogether unreasonable definition.
> However, Todd Litman's last evaluation criteria indicates a bias against
> drivers."
>
> As an inveterate driver myself, as someone who really likes his old car
and is
> addicted to it as much as any other card carrying Republican and Yale
graduate,
> I nonetheless thought that the fat lady had already sung on that and that
> indeed, if we are to move toward sustainability in our mobility patterns,
then
> we have to introduce, quite precisely, a "bias against drivers."  Or at
the very
> least something closer to a level playing field for the majority that is
not or
> should not be at the wheel.
>
> Since that's more clearly the case, I can't understand why we are
correcting the
> diligent and most useful Mr. Litman.
>
> Someone explain to my why I may be wrong on this.  I'm ready to read and
think.
>
> Eric Britton
>
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> Eric.Britton at NewMobility.org    Tel: +331 4326 1323
>
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