By : capoliticalreview – excerpt
I have three grand daughters, ages 5,2 and 1. All have learned how to walk, naturally. They lifted themselves up, and then eventually took steps, holding on to things. Finally, walking and running on their own. No computers, no fancy equipment, no high tech needed to learn to walk. But, if you live in a nutty “smart city” you will learn they you need to relearn how to walk via “technology of walking”. Someone is making a bundle out of what Jon Gruber would call “the stupid Americans”.
“In today’s auto-centric culture, the operative question for local and regional leaders as well as transportation planners is this: How do we address the growing list of public externalities ensuing from America’s perceived love affair with cars? Traffic congestion, parking demand, environmental issues, and more garner concern as today’s built environments increase in size and complexity.
Shifting this current trajectory necessitates a new mindset—one requiring city leaders to think more like engineers and behavioral psychologists and less like regulators. Amid this is a new trend that promises to accelerate the movement toward more sustainable ways of getting people from point A to point B.”
Fancy phrase for outlawing cars in dumb cities. Will we allow billions meant for roads to be spent on money losing choo choo trains, horse and walking trails and bike lanes? Apparently we are… (more)
Well put. It is good to see someone pointing out that the emperor is naked. Let’s take the money out of walking. Make walking free for all.
Meter Madness 