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Wednesday, May 24, 2006


Force People into Mass Transit.
I've thought that people who accuse mass transit advocates of favoring automobile congestion were off the mark.

But I came across that thought just today, from a newspaper editorial writer.

Here's an excerpt from the editorial blog ["Plato's Cave"] of the Salt Lake City Tribune:

Speaking of beasts (see below), I had long had my own version of how the starvation theory of politics should be applied in Utah.

Stop building highways.

Instead of widening I-15 -- again -- or building Legacy Parkway or the Mountain View Corridor, at a financial cost of billions and an environmental and social cost impossible to calculate, the Utah Department of Transportation should stop being such an enabler and just stop building or widening highways.

When people figure out that they ought to work where they live, live where they work and demand expanded public transit -- because the commute has just become unbearable -- they'll make much wise use of our limited land and budget.

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