Comments on: Leaving Cars Behind, Seniors Find Streets Inhospitable

By: Ian Turner

Ian Turner — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:59:26 +0000

This has the power to drive a lot of change, the AARP being the most powerful lobby in America.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:31:28 +0000

Seniors living in the suburbs and getting too old to drive safely is going to be a big problem in this country.

By: Shemp

Shemp — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:05:54 +0000

Thanks for reporting this - great to learn about.

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:56:30 +0000

JP, my 82-year-old mother is not part of the generation that abandoned streetcars. I once asked her if she remembered the trolley that ran through our hometown (the tracks disappeared when I was 5). She didn't remember it -- it was the previous generation that abandoned streetcars.

The good news is that there is now a huge new constituency for livable streets -- and they go out and vote.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:49:06 +0000

I hate to sound like a big ol' jerk, but it is because of the actions and priorities of this generation that we're in this auto-dependent situation.

This is the generation that abandoned streetcars and rails and let the NYC Subway rot.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:46:11 +0000

A friend of mine who happened to live in Phoenix for a horrible year of his life told me that the news would often report about senior citizens killed in traffic accidents were often investigated for clues of intent to commit suicide by traffic accident. Similarly young people killed were investigated for signs of drugs or alcohol. The idea was that only someone suicidal, drunk or high would cross certain streets/highways at night.