[sustran] Re: The American way of traffic: Lessons from life

[mpotter]

Yes indeed, hideous.

But, not to be confusing causation and correlation, can it be 
coincidence that every major North American city you can name with a 
semblance of walkable urban fabric left-- Boston, New York, Chicago, 
Montreal--- has a rapid transit system?

Mark Potter

On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:49 AM, Prof J G Krishnayya wrote:

>
> Very telling photograph.  What a desolate appearance, compared with 
> any European city. Post-automobile civic geography is terrible.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> J G Krishnayya
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>  
> Prof J G Krishnayya
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> On Behalf Of Eric Britton
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> Subject: [sustran] The American way of traffic: Lessons from life
>  
> Warning: The new introductory page contains a very large image file 
> (almost 1 mo.) so if you do not have a high speed link you will 
> probably not want to try it this time.
>  
> Dear Friends,
>  
> I would like to invite you, to encourage you to click to the New 
> Mobility Agenda at http://www.newmobility.org this morning to take a 
> look at an image which just may help us somehow in mobilizing our 
> thoughts and actions in the tough up hill struggle to more sustainable 
> cities and better and fairer transportation arrangements.
>  
> You may also have food for thought if you go to the bottom of the 
> second short introductory page and have a look at the real time 
> situation on the streets there.
>  
> It is our intention to keep this image here for the next week or so 
> and invite discussion, of what you see here and the thoughts that it 
> inspires.
>  
> Best/eric britton
>
>
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