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The idea is to get FREE from the need for an automobile (or at least reduce the use),
and reduce the cash drain, and the huge expense required to maintain sprawl.
Those who rely on cars, or use them heavily are "sitting ducks" for future oilo price increases.
If anyone thinks that American can go on using almost 20% of the world's oil, I wonder what planet they live on? It must be one where the seas are full of petroleum
If you bother to listen to the presentations, there are many good ideas
There you can find a letter I sent to the bus company, and copied the Mayor.
BTW, one reason that architects are talking about sprawl repair, is that they cannot make money these days selling traditional suburban homes. There is too much supply (of that sort of product) at lower prices.
People want to drive less, and live in different sorts of neighborhoods - all over the world, and now even in places like Greenville.
I'll fix it for ya', can I put a trailer park next to your house?
Ha... ha.
The good news is that some serious folk want to improve life in Greenville by making it more walkable, while adding a more effective transportation network.
Even if you do not want to live carfree yourself, you may agree that a better bus system, and maybe eventually a light rail system could be a great insurance policy against a future rise in oil prices.
No, I do not want to ride a bus. I own a brand new Ford truck that I love to drive. I can afford to drive it and would not trade that for sitting beside someone on a bus talking loudly on a cell phone. It is all about freedom of choice. As I said, I have been to Hong Kong and can not imagine living in that congested, one of top of the other mess.
Ha... ha.
The good news is that some serious folk want to improve life in Greenville by making it more walkable, while adding a more effective transportation network.
Even if you do not want to live carfree yourself, you may agree that a better bus system, and maybe eventually a light rail system could be a great insurance policy against a future rise in oil prices.
I tried to explain this to them , but Southerns in General are hard to change and are wired to their cars. You should come up to the Northeast and more so New England where 30 million of us take Mass Transit/Walk/Bike to Work each day....and their expanding the Transit network and bikeway system.
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