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'Roads would be built wide to accommodate the newest land boats, whose unimpeded movement would take precedence above all else.

LOL ... it's people in these cars ... and it's people getting the 'precedence' ... It's not like these cars are driving themselves around ... empty. And as far as 'land boats' ... if we're going to go down the road of 'hogging space' ... have you seen some of those Metro buses? ... or worse yet, Metro trains?

As the tremendous growth of the US during the period between 'the 1950s and 1960s' and now attests to, this model of development has worked extremely well in ensuring that that growth can be accommodated efficiently and cheaply. Now, if as some smartgrowthers want, the aim is to stop that growth by stopping the development of more wide boulevards and streets and highways, then yes that can be done. But it comes at a price ... i.e., stopping the very growth which has been the only possible because we had the correct infrastructure in place to handle it. I.e., if the objective is to throw the baby out with the bathwater, then yes, by all means, lets be obstructionist and do all that we can to stop the most efficience and economical development man (and woman) has known to date.

by Lance on Sep 27, 2011 11:30 am • link • report

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