Archive for September, 2008
Don’t go quietly.
This was posted two days ago by an equity investor from Washington. It sums up the issue as well or better than I ever could have, so I’ve pasted the entire text below. We can’t afford to be quiet about this crisis, if you haven’t already written your representatives, you should.
I will not go softly! [...]
Food for thought, September 25
First, this was great:
“My Car is More Important Than My Body”
for a LOT of people, their cars are their livelihoods. It gets them to work, to school, to the store, and it hauls around other people and things. It get them from point A, to point B and C and D and back again. A [...]
Electric Ike
So, Ike is done having it’s way with Houston, but the clean up is going to take a while. My apartment is still without power, so that’s not great.
I’ve relocated to Austin for the time being since it looks like power will be out a while. It’s frustrating to live so close to some of [...]
Reasons 1, 2 and 3 why we need transit!
This article in the LA Times got me thinking…
I generally enjoy reading about transportation related issues, it’s fun seeing all the different perspectives, people who have ‘evidence’ that transit saves money smash their heads against people who have ‘evidence’ that it costs money. Everything costs money, get over it. All transportation is subsidized, congratulations. Being [...]
Good concepts for Washington Ave
From Swamplot today, landscape architecture students reinvision the Washington Ave. corridor.
I wholeheartedly agree with the concept here. Making Washington Ave and Center Street a one-way pair would tremendously help with traffic in that corridor. Volumes are manageable today, but development potential is really limited by the capacity of Washington Ave. Plus, we’re not talking about [...]
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