Posted Jan 22, 2007, 8:26 PM
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cities|transit|croissants
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 18,380
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People, pay attention.
It's NOT ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF QUALITY TRANSIT.
It's about some things being easier with a car, even if there is good transit. Even in New York; Hong Kong, Tokyo or Paris, some errands to some places are most efficiently handled with a car.
Cars are not evil. They're wonderfully useful tools. It's over-reliance on them that is troublesome. Using one on a periodic basis for occasional specific errands is not over-reliance. To deny the usefulness of cars in all situations regardless of specifics is every bit as narrow minded and naïve as it would be to suggest cars are always the best mode.
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