Well now BS.
We have seen the masses of busses just sitting there. The poor may not have had "automobility" but they sure had one hell of a lot of busses just sitting there and doing nothing, thanks to the unmatched stupidty of Mayor Numnut Nagin.
You RATs. You are so predicable.
Al Gore has a plan for traffic congestion - a lot more of it (or the anti-"sprawl" oligarchy)
The "livable, walkable, bikable" communities that A1 Gore touts as his solution to sprawl will be even more congested. Take Portland, Oregon, for example, the poster city for "livable." It has adopted "growth boundaries" to contain future population increases within the existing perimeter. More people in the same space will encourage walking and biking, planners say, and that, along with a proposed 120-mile rail system, will cause a 4.6 percent drop in the automobile's share of total trips. But here's the crunch: Increasing population while holding road growth to just 14 percent will more than triple congestion by 2040, according to the plan.
Given the dishonesty that constitutes political discussion these days, it's hardly surprising that this plan stalks the unwary voter under the name "smart growth." Al Gore, the Sierra Club, and others brazenly declare it will "ease traffic congestion."
They have seen our mobility, and they're against it.