Auntie Beeb's Anti-Car Crusade Continues
Published: March 12th, 2009
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So what if you’re a sub? Not a TTAC sub, of course, because guess what? The corporate mothership has heard your pleas and seen sense. The “sub or die” mandate has been withdrawn for the time being. More info on that tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Brits love affair with hating the cars they love continues.
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What this overlooks is that outside of the major cities the transit system in Britain is so thoroughly gutted that people are just as car dependent as they are in Kansas. Also there is still a time factor and a routing issue, if you need to change trains or buses 2-3 times per trip it's a strong negative. The guys on this forum http://districtdave.proboards39.com/index.cgi have some interesting input since many of them work for the London Underground, and the rest are transit enthusiasts. OTOH if you really want to haul a load without a car, you need one of these http://hpm.catoregon.org/?page_id=73
I've been to New York City. It's a nice place to visit, but, no, I do not want to live there. The surveys I've seen show that the majority of people want single family homes on a separate lot. They do not want to live in New York City. If people want to live in New York City - more power to them. Same with Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago. It's interesting to note that the well-to-do who do live in New York City usually also have a house in either upstate New York or rural Pennsylvania.