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I've always argued that the prevalence of "slugging" is the canary in th canary in the coalmine telling us just how close to collapse the regional transportation network is. When the system is so bad that middle-class Americans are driven to hitchhike, we're in the n-stage.

Slugging is a time-tested alternative transportation method that works across the country. Its the nexus of good urban planning (i.e., HOV lanes) and the creative American spirit. The quoted statement is akin to saying "when the system is so bad that middle-class Americans are driven to BIKE, we know we're close to a collapse." Slugging is to "hitchiking" what bikeshare is to communism (as described in the Examiner opinion piece).

Any solution that doesn't fit in traditional paradigms doesn't necessarily spell doom for civilization as we know it.

by Falls Church on Jun 13, 2012 12:41 pm • link • report

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