[sustran] Off again, on again park...ing

[Todd Edelman]

Eric Bruun wrote:
... What
> are you looking for,
> a majic solutoin complete with perfect accouting system?

YES, everyone loves magic and good accounting. My point is that if you
build streets, etc to let in cars to on-street OR off-street parking it
just enables more or continuing automobilism. An "optically carfree"
project with hidden parking still has cars which move to other places
where the parking is not so "progressive" and of course there is the
in-between as well. So enabling a car in one spot makes the car "happen"
in many other spots, causing danger, wasting space, polluting.

Reduce your parking spaces, yes... but make it the first step in a... ten
year plan to eliminate the spaces and the in-between spaces (wider roads
than necessary, etc) will not be necessary. Dont lie about it,just figure
out a way that people will accept it.

T

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Todd Edelman
International Coordinator
On the Train Towards the Future!

Green Idea Factory
Laubova 5
CZ-13000 Praha 3

++420 605 915 970

edelman at greenidea.info
http://www.worldcarfree.net/onthetrain

Green Idea Factory,
a member of World Carfree Network