In the car

[yakko]

I'm reading this with some cynicism

Comments

[kinkyturtle]

Here in my car,
I feel safest of all.
I can lock all my doors
And it's the only way to live.

In cars.

[jmaynard]

I posted a reply in jwz's entry. We'll see how many outraged enviro-weenies reply.

[spoothbrush]

I'm neither outraged nor interested in posting on JWZ's journal, but public transit and a house with a yard on four sides aren't incompatible: or rather, you don't need to live in a densely urban apartment to take advantage of public transit

[rdfox]

Example of good public transit working well with suburbanization of residential areas: Chicago. No, most of those cars on the Dan Ryan at rush hour are NOT locals. Have you ever seen what parking in that city costs? The majority of Chicago commuters take either the El (CTA Elevated Railway) or the various Metra (State of Illinois-owned heavy commuter railroads) lines into town, using park-and-ride stations in the various suburbs

[yakko]

At least they DO something with all the toll money they collect from roads that have long been paid for. :o)

[spoothbrush]

Having lived in a city with no car and good public transportation, outside a city with no car and reasonable public transportation, outside of a city with a car and reasonable public transportation, in the middle of nowhere with a car and no public transportation, and in a small city with a car and mediocre public transportation, the first one is best. Everything's right there, if the transit's not running you can still walk to food in the middle of the night, and you never have to fret about parking, gas prices, insurance, having your windows broken and your stuff taken, all that stuff.

If I could get rid of my car and rely on my feet and good public transit I would do so in a New York minute.

That said... trying to reduce traffic by getting rid of the highway system is idiotic. My biggest reason for saying this? Consider how much of our economy depends on goods being moved on trucks to where people are. The idiocy in removing freeways follows logically.

[yakko]

I can only wish for everything to be within walking distance. If I could realistically do so, I would avoid having a car.