Comments on: Obama: The Days of “Building Sprawl Forever” Are Over http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/02/10/obama-the-days-of-%e2%80%9cbuilding-sprawl-forever%e2%80%9d-are-over/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:37:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/02/10/obama-the-days-of-%e2%80%9cbuilding-sprawl-forever%e2%80%9d-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4141 ubrayj02 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:31:21 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1734#comment-4141 There is a sad calculus that I think keeps every party and neraly every national politician on the build-more-highways track: -Suburbia is a living arrangement with no future. -If you stop entitlements for this dying way of life, you will be blamed for its demise and your political career (and party) will be run out of office. -If you merely advocate for an end to suburban entitlements, you will be blamed for the demise of the suburban way of life. -Therefore, suburbia will retain its entitlements at all costs, until the bitter end. The same can be said for industrial agriculture subsidies. There is a sad calculus that I think keeps every party and neraly every national politician on the build-more-highways track:

-Suburbia is a living arrangement with no future.
-If you stop entitlements for this dying way of life, you will be blamed for its demise and your political career (and party) will be run out of office.
-If you merely advocate for an end to suburban entitlements, you will be blamed for the demise of the suburban way of life.
-Therefore, suburbia will retain its entitlements at all costs, until the bitter end.

The same can be said for industrial agriculture subsidies.

]]> By: AC http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/02/10/obama-the-days-of-%e2%80%9cbuilding-sprawl-forever%e2%80%9d-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4138 AC Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:30:26 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1734#comment-4138 The US-31 expansion you link to is for Carmel and Hamilton County, which is suburban area north of Indianapolis and Marion County. Elkahart is around 140 miles north of Carmel, so the overpass work referenced by the President has absolutely nothing to do with what the project you have linked. I enjoy your blog tremendously and am, by no means, a supporter of the stimulus package or the left, but posting correct facts remains vital for any discussion. If it is any recourse, Carmel and the northern suburbs of Indianapolis are the absolute definition of suburban sprawl and are in definite need of a light rail, which has been thrown about for well over a decade (when I lived in the city). Elkhart, on the other hand, has a relatively centralized populous that really needs more accessibility in getting goods to market, so any improvements to 31 up there, would be a great improvement. The US-31 expansion you link to is for Carmel and Hamilton County, which is suburban area north of Indianapolis and Marion County. Elkahart is around 140 miles north of Carmel, so the overpass work referenced by the President has absolutely nothing to do with what the project you have linked.

I enjoy your blog tremendously and am, by no means, a supporter of the stimulus package or the left, but posting correct facts remains vital for any discussion.

If it is any recourse, Carmel and the northern suburbs of Indianapolis are the absolute definition of suburban sprawl and are in definite need of a light rail, which has been thrown about for well over a decade (when I lived in the city).

Elkhart, on the other hand, has a relatively centralized populous that really needs more accessibility in getting goods to market, so any improvements to 31 up there, would be a great improvement.

]]> By: Damien Goodmon http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/02/10/obama-the-days-of-%e2%80%9cbuilding-sprawl-forever%e2%80%9d-are-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 Damien Goodmon Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:09:21 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1734#comment-4137 Is it possible that the transportation solution to Elkhart, Indiana might just possibly, maybe, in some way possible be different than the transportation solution to Miami? Is it possible that the transportation solution to Elkhart, Indiana might just possibly, maybe, in some way possible be different than the transportation solution to Miami?

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