Comments on: Who Loves Traffic? Dan and the Highway Lobby

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:01:07 +0000

I’m with Shemp and then some. This is a terrible ad.

It mocks the very real frustration people have with traffic without educating them about the mistaken assumptions they make about transportation planning.

If you want to get people to reassess the transportation choices they make, you have to give them some incentive or encouragement to do so.

This doesn’t. I won’t be passing this video along.

By: rex

rex — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:46:57 +0000

Nicely done! I have never been a fan of the various PRIGs. There is a complete disconnect between fund raising and which issues they pursue.

Shemp, it takes time. People need to be exposed to these ideas over a period of years for it to sink in. Americans were raised witht he idea that cars are good, facilitating a better life for all. It is dogma for most of us. A little humor may get a mind or two working.

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:06:12 +0000

Oh no. I actually used the phrase “jump-started transit development.” Got to watch those automotive metaphors! Though I guess you could jump-start a bus…

By: Braddy

Braddy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:03:04 +0000

Dan, you just need to move someplace with more traffic. Seattle? Atlanta? Salt Lake? Raleigh-Durham? There’s lots of options.

P.S. I recommend vacationing in Mexico City. You’ll love it!

By: Shemp

Shemp — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:44:20 +0000

I guess. Does anyone seriously believe this is useful for an audience other than one like this?

By: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:55:24 +0000

I’m jealous. That was good.

By: Susan Donovan

Susan Donovan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:53:39 +0000

That video was so funny!

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:45:10 +0000

Peak oil will blow these people away, especially when gas hits double digits and the spot shortages begin. Then a whole flock of formerly happy motorists will look back on 2008 as the year we could have jump-started transit development — and failed. Of course I would love to be proven wrong about that last part.