/dave/ did an excellent post yesterday about the destruction of our countries light rail system--if we had inter-urban light rail I would go into Cleveland more often. The cities are cut off from the surrounding towns and there is no inter-urban public transportation to speak of. What does the state do--build more lanes to accomodate more traffic.
Tom Lehman
Dorry Clay wrote:
> Jim heartfield wrote:
> >
> > Car Survey
> >
> > owns a car drives to work
> > Alex yes no
> > Doug* no (rents) no
> > Carl yes no
> > Wojtek**yes yes
> > Max yes yes
> > James no no
> >
> > As the German environmentalists would say 'you're not in a Jam, you are
> > the Jam'.
> >
> > No, but seriously, without dreaming about some other world, isn't it
> > plain that people drive because they want to? All of this protesting
> > that 'it isn't possible' and 'of course I don't approve' is just by the
> > by. You don't have to make that journey - you want to. Stop feeling so
> > guilty about it.
> >
> > Note that most of our car-opposing car users do not use their cars for
> > the journey to work. So what do they need them for? Could it be 'non-
> > essential use'? God forbid that you are all visiting relatives, or going
> > shopping, or picking up the kids from school. Don't you know you are
> > damaging the ...blah blah blah.
> >
> > It just goes to show that environmentalism is so much hot air. we pay
> > lip service to it, but you cannot live your life by it. Plainly the
> > terrible dangers ahead are only half-believed in, like religious
> > damnation (which they so plainly echo). 'Pollution' as Sartre would say
> > 'is other people'.
> >
> > * Don't be scared of cycling, Doug, I've cycled to work for twenty
> > years. Cars are more considerate of cyclists than you think.
> >
> > ** Wojtek writes "I could go on and on, but I think you should see the
> > barbarity of the US transportation system (outside New York) by
> > yourself, before criticizing people for using cars in this fucking
> > jeder-fuer-sich-und-Gott-gegen-alles country." And I thought I was the
> > person who was refusing to criticise people for using their cars.
> > --
> > Jim heartfield
>
> Pollution IS other people!!! Maybe some women drive cars because they
> have locks and afford a kind of armor from other people. DUH?