We’ve posted an item or two from “The Antiplanner” in recent months. The item we submit for your diversion today crossed our desk this morning: There's a Car in Your Future
It begins thus:
An anti-auto urbanist named Brad Meacham wrote a blog post that offers a typical “we-have-to-get-people-out-of-their-cars” diatribe. When Meacham’s post was picked up by a San Antonio on-line magazine, someone asked the Antiplanner to comment. While my response speaks for itself, I’d like to add a few comments here where I don’t have to worry so much about word limits.
Meacham’s case against cars stands on four legs:
- Congestion is only going to get worse
- The cost of driving is increasing
- Fiscal reality will force cuts to highway budgets
- People are hungry for community
What follows the above may comfort you or annoy you, but we doubt it will bore you. Think of it as a mind-clearing exercise before taking in tomorrow’s (hopefully) excellent football playoff games.
If you really want to challenge your thinking on such matters, take a gander here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7in0mow0bZ0
And one more just for fun…..http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=9994
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