Comments on: LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’ http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/05/lahood%e2%80%99s-twelve-word-definition-of-%e2%80%98livability%e2%80%99/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/05/lahood%e2%80%99s-twelve-word-definition-of-%e2%80%98livability%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-36591 DJB Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:30:14 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=13791#comment-36591 That's nice talk about building communities where people can live car free. I wish the ARRA ("stimulus package") better reflected those priorities. The only criterion at the time seemed to be "shovel ready", which in many instances meant building or expanding freeways, not just repairing deteriorated roads. I'm glad LaHood is at least willing to talk the talk of sustainable urban design. But talk is cheap. Meaningful action is expensive, and politically challenging. That’s nice talk about building communities where people can live car free. I wish the ARRA (“stimulus package”) better reflected those priorities. The only criterion at the time seemed to be “shovel ready”, which in many instances meant building or expanding freeways, not just repairing deteriorated roads.

I’m glad LaHood is at least willing to talk the talk of sustainable urban design. But talk is cheap. Meaningful action is expensive, and politically challenging.

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