http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/how-to-reach-gen-y-and-younger/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/how-to-reach-gen-y-and-younger/comment-page-1/#comment-45021 Fred Camino Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:39 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=17631#comment-45021 Good points, but you've got remember this too: many adults who are now advocating alternative transportation are doing so because they grew up without it. I grew up in the exurbs of Orlando, FL and I think the sheer lameness of that region in contrast with urban regions I had visited made me eager to live without a car and to promote good urban design. Now I haven't lived in Orlando for many years, and I don't know if there's a growing alt-transportation scene there now, but I know that in many surprising places (Phoenix... Los Angeles!) alternate transportation awareness is growing, likely in reaction to suburban upbringing. Good points, but you’ve got remember this too: many adults who are now advocating alternative transportation are doing so because they grew up without it. I grew up in the exurbs of Orlando, FL and I think the sheer lameness of that region in contrast with urban regions I had visited made me eager to live without a car and to promote good urban design. Now I haven’t lived in Orlando for many years, and I don’t know if there’s a growing alt-transportation scene there now, but I know that in many surprising places (Phoenix… Los Angeles!) alternate transportation awareness is growing, likely in reaction to suburban upbringing.

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