[sustran] Re: More on Portland and metros

[Wendell Cox]

Dont care what it is... if it doesnt compete with autos, it will not work
where people have choices.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Schneider <jbs at u.washington.edu>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 06 November, 2001 11:44
Subject: [sustran] Re: More on Portland and metros


> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Wendell Cox wrote:
>
> > More on Portland to be published....
> >
> > If you cant get people to jobs, you are not going to be able to get them
> > elsewhere. Getting them nhd to nhd without going through downtown is
> > crucial, and will not be achieved by anything less than a dense grid of
> > frequently operating services... 15 minute headways won't do if you want
to
> > be auto competitive.
>
> Sounds like a job for Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) to me - with headways
> far lower than 15 minutes, non-stop service station-to-station, etc.
> See my ITT website for details.
>
> - Jerry Schneider
>
>    - Innovative Transportation Technologies website:
>      http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans
>