tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post6483280894111212459..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: The Transportation Majority. Can't our politicians count?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-57713493475164892032011-06-11T09:25:34.000+02:002011-06-11T09:25:34.000+02:00Perhaps, those that drive and take it for granted ...Perhaps, those that drive and take it for granted should try to walk in the shoes of those that cannot drive, or access a vehicle. They do not get jobs, cannot access the community and are basically shunned as being defective and unskilled - particularly when local politicians also drive and want to further the interests of the auto industry that is dying here anyways. Non-drivers are tired of TheAdvocatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-81530172316404624182011-04-25T20:28:36.000+02:002011-04-25T20:28:36.000+02:00Agreed! But as long as I need to hurry from place...Agreed! But as long as I need to hurry from place to place to perform the tasks that I do, and live where I live, I am tied to my car. Tote a big pot of soup to the church? Pick up elderly friends for a concert? Bring home supplies for gardening? Pick up and deliver my tenant's baby for the weekends he has her? Attend a church that is three buses from my home? Granted, I can walk to mymaura beechernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-7558311162287508602011-04-26T11:13:15.000+02:002011-04-26T11:13:15.000+02:00Thank you Maura. Your points are excellent and cle...Thank you Maura. Your points are excellent and clearly set out our challenge in creating a more sustainable -- and even better by all measures -- transport environment. Nobody ever said it was going to be simple.Eric Britton, editorhttp://www.worldstreets.orgnoreply@blogger.com