Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: J. Mork

J. Mork — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:42:16 +0000

Not to mention that Brooklyn is more densely populated than any of the places mentioned besides Midtown and Downtown Manhattan.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:49:46 +0000

RE: The Times Wonders If Americans Can Go Car-Free

“There are only six American downtown districts that are dense enough to support mass transit, which you need if you’re going to be carless: New York City (Midtown and Downtown), Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco. That’s it.”

I’ve long thought Witold was nutters, but this is just absurd. I’ve lived without a car quite easily in several cities lacking “mass transit”. His assumption that only “mass transit” (by which I assume he means “subways”) is the only capable replacement for an automobile is strange, to say the least.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:14:56 +0000

India may be poor overall, but its cities are already choked with American-style cars, just like China’s and other developing countries’. Somehow I don’t that “staying poor” is a solution to the car mess that many Americans are going to be satisfied with.

By: David_K

David_K — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:29:26 +0000

The radio show Marketplace has a series called “The Next American Dream,” so far with two segments on transportation. This morning they aired a piece on what we might learn (and vice versa) from the budding car culture in India.

The series is here:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/nextamericandream/ and the car segments are about midway down the page, under the heading “Opportunity and Mobility”

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:14:29 +0000

RE: The Bell Cord Returns to NYC Buses

That’s awesome. A little nostalgia, and more practical & cheaper too. A no-brainer.