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[Edward Wesolowski <ids AT idisplay.com>]

>Imagine if you could get on a train in downtown Chapel Hill and wind up 
in  Raleigh less then 15 minutes later? Of course it >would be even better 
if Raleigh had half way decent land use. ;)
For folks who tend toward conspiracy theory there's an interesting 
documentary, "Taken for a Ride," about transition in the U.S. from street 
cars to automobiles. The doc describes the role of a large automobile 
manufacturer (that shall go unnamed ;-) and it's relation to the "National 
City Lines"? ...anyone heard of National City Lines"?
Ed Wesolowski

At 01:26 PM 1/7/03 -0500, you wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Michael Winslow Czeiszperger wrote:
> > Maybe you were there a while back? The parks are integrated into and
> > among the houses. The open space consists of:
>
> Yeah it occurs to me I really don't have a good conception of the layout
> of Southern Village.
>
> > Also, good points about the relationship between the automobile and
> > suburban land use. I have a picture of my grandparent's house which was
> > built 150 years ago. The picture is about 100 years old, and you can
> > clearly see the light rail system that connected all of the towns in
> > those days.
>
> Yeah, it's kind of baffling. We used to have light rail all over the
> country and in almost every city.
>
> > I don't think the point is to not drive at all, at least not for
> > everyone, but rather to reduce the number of car trips. Theoretically
> > if you reduce the number of hours everyone in the neighborhood is in
> > their cars you can support the increased density and population without
> > affecting the road system nearly as much as a traditional suburb.
>
> Absolutely, car's do have a place, but not in population centers. They
> just don't scale. In fact, repeatedly it has been shown that all building
> new roads does is increase congestion, because people drive more.  It is
> an endless battle. The only way to cut congestion is to not drive. Good,
> safe, and reliable public transportation should be provided.
>
> Imagine if you could get on a train in downtown Chapel Hill and wind up in
> Raleigh less then 15 minutes later? Of course it would be even better if
> Raleigh had half way decent land use. ;)
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
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