Comments on: At CNU, Representative of Texas Legislature says “No Road Pays for Itself” http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/06/at-cnu-representative-of-texas-legislature-says-%e2%80%9cno-road-pays-for-itself%e2%80%9d/ 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: John Penner http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/06/at-cnu-representative-of-texas-legislature-says-%e2%80%9cno-road-pays-for-itself%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-48121 John Penner Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:51 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=19511#comment-48121 after visiting los angeles a couple years ago, and walking through the maze of and 'cant get there from here' gangways that is to be found in downtown los angeles - this is wonderful news - hall is right on about walkability, small block size, etc. one thing i hope they dont forget in the 'Compact Urban' plan is -- BICYCLES -- there really is no oil crisis -- if people would just remember how great it is to ride bikes. as a 10 year+ cyclist in toronto (yes - we bike through 80 degrees weather in the summer, and through the snow in winter...) -- including bicycle lanes -- so people can usefully get to work/bank/shopping -- would lessen dependance on oil -- i had a bmw 320i -- sold it -- got a bike ten years ago... best thing i ever did. never need to run like a hamster on a treadmill in a gym -- body feels great... zero car repair bills. zero gas & oil... no more oil crisis. everything in toronto is located within 20-30 minutes bicycling distance -- so there's nowhere you cant go.. toronto island is the largest car-free community in north america -- people say it is so nice... so peaceful... until they notice that there are no cars... but there's a bicycle parked in front of every house... carts to get groceries... and its fun! so much more enjoyable than a car (well, yes, winters are a bear, but that's only two months out of 12) -- i'm sure you wouldn't have to deal with that in L.A. tho... anyhoo -- all the best to you out on the west coast from toronto island. :-D jp after visiting los angeles a couple years ago, and walking through the maze of and ‘cant get there from here’ gangways that is to be found in downtown los angeles – this is wonderful news – hall is right on about walkability, small block size, etc.

one thing i hope they dont forget in the ‘Compact Urban’ plan is — BICYCLES — there really is no oil crisis — if people would just remember how great it is to ride bikes.

as a 10 year+ cyclist in toronto (yes – we bike through 80 degrees weather in the summer, and through the snow in winter…) — including bicycle lanes — so people can usefully get to work/bank/shopping — would lessen dependance on oil —

i had a bmw 320i — sold it — got a bike ten years ago… best thing i ever did. never need to run like a hamster on a treadmill in a gym — body feels great… zero car repair bills. zero gas & oil… no more oil crisis.

everything in toronto is located within 20-30 minutes bicycling distance — so there’s nowhere you cant go.. toronto island is the largest car-free community in north america — people say it is so nice… so peaceful… until they notice that there are no cars… but there’s a bicycle parked in front of every house… carts to get groceries… and its fun! so much more enjoyable than a car (well, yes, winters are a bear, but that’s only two months out of 12) — i’m sure you wouldn’t have to deal with that in L.A. tho…

anyhoo — all the best to you out on the west coast from toronto island. :-D

jp

]]> By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/06/at-cnu-representative-of-texas-legislature-says-%e2%80%9cno-road-pays-for-itself%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-47731 ubrayj02 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:57:41 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=19511#comment-47731 I guess that some day, this sort of information about highways and freeways will reach the editorial page and letters section of every major newspaper the next time the "transit doesn't make a profit" line comes up. What would it take to do a similar analysis of roads in L.A. or the state of California as the one they did in Texas? I guess that some day, this sort of information about highways and freeways will reach the editorial page and letters section of every major newspaper the next time the “transit doesn’t make a profit” line comes up.

What would it take to do a similar analysis of roads in L.A. or the state of California as the one they did in Texas?

]]> By: m1ek http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/06/at-cnu-representative-of-texas-legislature-says-%e2%80%9cno-road-pays-for-itself%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-47701 m1ek Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:06:15 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=19511#comment-47701 It's bittersweet to see Krusee making such sense on highways, since <a href="http://mdahmus.monkeysystems.com/blog/archives/000079.html" rel="nofollow">he was directly responsible for destroying Austin's chances at workable rail transit for at least a generation</a>. Polikov's not much better on that score. It’s bittersweet to see Krusee making such sense on highways, since he was directly responsible for destroying Austin’s chances at workable rail transit for at least a generation. Polikov’s not much better on that score.

]]> By: Paul Crabtree http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/06/at-cnu-representative-of-texas-legislature-says-%e2%80%9cno-road-pays-for-itself%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-47361 Paul Crabtree Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:54:07 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=19511#comment-47361 Great reports. How about the promised green streets tour report? Great reports. How about the promised green streets tour report?

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