Posted on 01/23/2006 8:26:24 PM PST by Lorianne
IOW, "traffic-unfriendly" planning, which leaving no room for growth (since most things and people depend on cars to go anywhere) and a high likelihood of future traffic jams.
leaving = leaves
Not if there's on-street parking on one or both sides of the road. Ever watch an emergency vehicle try to make it down a narrow street with parked cars, especially big ones, on one or both sides? That ain't going to help response time.
My Wife bought a strapless bra in Ukiah.
Here are a couple of good articles that indicts both Smart Growth and light rail: Dense Thinkers: The New Urban Planning Nightmare by Randal O'Toole, REASON, January 1999
And any "public meeting demands that this gem be reposted: So, Have You Been Delphi'd?
This has nothing to do with growth, smart or otherwise, and it's not due to lack of mobility.
Did these "erudite speakers" point out that when you stack citizen fifty stories high it creates an urban high crime killing zone?
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No no! Haven't you been listening? All you do is ban guns and all violent crime will disappear! Just ask Britain.... Ummm, never mind.
Bumping your comment.
Ooooh, John is so enlightened! I just hope he is only investing his time and money into his nirvana and not the taxpayers.
No garages facing roads? Is he calling for back yard alleyways? Wouldn’t that mean two roads instead of one? That’s two roads devouring greenery, and two roads that need to be built and maintained.
No wide streets? Where will visitors and the people without garages park? Parking on an already narrow street will make it dangerous.
Here in the cities of Minneapolis & St. Paul a snowfall requires citizens to only park on one side of the street on one day, and the other side the next day so it can be plowed curb to curb. This makes sense, but it’s a pain having to move your car to the other side of the street at the appointed hour. Of course if you make a mistake, the city happily tows your car at a heavy fee and fine which must be paid before you can pick up your car at the impound lot. No doubt there are many thousands of folks who wish they had a nice garage instead of having to park on the narrow streets.
If some fool like John wants to build this nonsense, that’s fine, but don’t force us to pay for it or live in it. If it’s so smart the citizens will vote with their dollars and move to it. The trouble is that liberals love nothing better than ramming their stupidity down our throats with the force of law.
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