Comments on: Walking, Riding Bikes – Too Wacky For Republicans http://earthfirst.com/walking-riding-bikes-too-wacky-for-republicans/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dorothee Royal-Hedinger http://earthfirst.com/walking-riding-bikes-too-wacky-for-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3751 Dorothee Royal-Hedinger Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:38:49 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2372#comment-3751 Very good point Carole! Very good point Carole!

]]> By: Liam Wolfe http://earthfirst.com/walking-riding-bikes-too-wacky-for-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3750 Liam Wolfe Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:37:16 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2372#comment-3750 Help get Kathy in office. help defeat Congre$$man English. Donate at kathydahlkemperforconress.com . Tell 'em Liam sent ya. Help get Kathy in office. help defeat Congre$$man English. Donate at kathydahlkemperforconress.com . Tell ‘em Liam sent ya.

]]> By: Carole http://earthfirst.com/walking-riding-bikes-too-wacky-for-republicans/comment-page-1/#comment-3749 Carole Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:22:34 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2372#comment-3749 Okay, while I am cracking up over this-- I was curious to know if the district was actually rural/ or had a lot of 'sprawl'. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/PA-3rd.gif As someone who grew up in the poorly planned, master planned communities of Texas which were designed for the automobile, it really was impossible to get places without a car because of no mass transit plan in place. Later, as folks wised up we got our light rail system and park and ride lanes to Houston. (Of course only after three phases of widening adding lanes to I-45 forever to no avail.) So taking this a different direction, I have to bring up the issue of sprawl and the responsibilities of city planners and managers to take into account mass transit. Sprawl, to me is one of the many underlying issues as to why people scratch their heads over bikes and walking-- here's a nice little history from the annals of UIC, the HTML version: http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:CWubwFP-hI4J:www.uic.edu/cuppa/gci/publications/workingpaperseries/pdfs/Sprawl.pdf+preventing+sprawl+chicago&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us Off soap box. -c Okay, while I am cracking up over this– I was curious to know if the district was actually rural/ or had a lot of ’sprawl’.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/PA-3rd.gif

As someone who grew up in the poorly planned, master planned communities of Texas which were designed for the automobile, it really was impossible to get places without a car because of no mass transit plan in place. Later, as folks wised up we got our light rail system and park and ride lanes to Houston. (Of course only after three phases of widening adding lanes to I-45 forever to no avail.)

So taking this a different direction, I have to bring up the issue of sprawl and the responsibilities of city planners and managers to take into account mass transit. Sprawl, to me is one of the many underlying issues as to why people scratch their heads over bikes and walking– here’s a nice little history from the annals of UIC, the HTML version:

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:CWubwFP-hI4J:www.uic.edu/cuppa/gci/publications/workingpaperseries/pdfs/Sprawl.pdf+preventing+sprawl+chicago&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Off soap box.

-c

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