Comments on: The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/24/the-case-for-active-transportation-by-the-numbers/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Peter Smith http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/24/the-case-for-active-transportation-by-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 Peter Smith Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:49:36 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1299#comment-2806 impressive numbers. i think 'active transport' people need to start making a stronger case. it seems like at least some folks think that mass transit does not come at the expense of active transit - i disagree. i think the paradigm right now is 'cars vs. everything else', and 'everything else' is just 'mass transit'. i also need to look back at Pucher's comments - he said, i'm guessing correctly, that relatively speaking, we've spent a lot of money on biking, compared to other societies, and still achieved very little mode share for active transport. impressive numbers. i think 'active transport' people need to start making a stronger case.

it seems like at least some folks think that mass transit does not come at the expense of active transit - i disagree.

i think the paradigm right now is 'cars vs. everything else', and 'everything else' is just 'mass transit'.

i also need to look back at Pucher's comments - he said, i'm guessing correctly, that relatively speaking, we've spent a lot of money on biking, compared to other societies, and still achieved very little mode share for active transport.

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