Comments on: A Car-Free Experiment Rolls into Jackson, Mississippi http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/24/a-car-free-experiment-rolls-into-jackson-mississippi/ 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: Giorgio http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/24/a-car-free-experiment-rolls-into-jackson-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-53801 Giorgio Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:34:52 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=22081#comment-53801 Holy shit. Something's going on in the core of possibly the worst state? Though Jackson's only slightly bigger than a small town, they have big fat streets and low traffic so bikes are definitely doable, you just have to break that southern mindset. However if you want a model for any city emanate high bike ridership, you must cut down the main arteries of cheap oil and low density, that's right, Houston and Phoenix. You succeed there, car culture is utterly decimated. Holy shit. Something’s going on in the core of possibly the worst state? Though Jackson’s only slightly bigger than a small town, they have big fat streets and low traffic so bikes are definitely doable, you just have to break that southern mindset. However if you want a model for any city emanate high bike ridership, you must cut down the main arteries of cheap oil and low density, that’s right, Houston and Phoenix. You succeed there, car culture is utterly decimated.

]]> By: Bob http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/24/a-car-free-experiment-rolls-into-jackson-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-51411 Bob Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:23 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=22081#comment-51411 Does anyone else see a problem here? Advocating that folks give up their keys and take the bus on SUNDAY? Of the non-bus-riders I've met in my lifetime, all made their decision based on one experience, and never looked back. Encouraging someone to take the bus when service levels are at their worst will only convince the public at large that the bike and bus crowd are to be ignored. Does anyone else see a problem here?
Advocating that folks give up their keys and take the bus on SUNDAY?

Of the non-bus-riders I’ve met in my lifetime, all made their decision based on one experience, and never looked back. Encouraging someone to take the bus when service levels are at their worst will only convince the public at large that the bike and bus crowd are to be ignored.

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