Comments on: Thinking big: The Google Town Hall Meeting http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larry http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/#comment-3036 Larry Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:18:13 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=1236#comment-3036 How to "extend" public transport use in suburbs? Looking for successful strategies to prompt more usage within a town, to reduce traffic in town center, and at peak times. Seniors and Students are the primary users (would keep parents off the roads...). How to “extend” public transport use in suburbs? Looking for successful strategies to prompt more usage within a town, to reduce traffic in town center, and at peak times. Seniors and Students are the primary users (would keep parents off the roads…).

]]> By: Jack Van Dien http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/#comment-2004 Jack Van Dien Thu, 28 May 2009 07:01:20 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=1236#comment-2004 You have the cart before the horse. Most of western Europe has aexceptional public transportation from high speed trains to light rail to subways to buses, all interlocking to make it possible to live without a car. That probably is not possible in the U.S. due to (1) paranoia about being attacked by bogeymen, and (2) obstinate entrenched bureaucracies in EPA and the Dept of Energy which, supported by rigid congressmen, will block any cohesive public transportation, and (3) the wholesale goods cartels which make it impossible for local stores to compete with box stores and malls. It isn't possible to build the neighborhoods first and the infrasturcture sometime in the future. You have the cart before the horse. Most of western Europe has aexceptional public transportation from high speed trains to light rail to subways to buses, all interlocking to make it possible to live without a car. That probably is not possible in the U.S. due to (1) paranoia about being attacked by bogeymen, and (2) obstinate entrenched bureaucracies in EPA and the Dept of Energy which, supported by rigid congressmen, will block any cohesive public transportation, and (3) the wholesale goods cartels which make it impossible for local stores to compete with box stores and malls. It isn’t possible to build the neighborhoods first and the infrasturcture sometime in the future.

]]> By: Transportation for America: Townhall meeting at Google : Trillium Solutions blog http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/#comment-1908 Transportation for America: Townhall meeting at Google : Trillium Solutions blog Thu, 07 May 2009 04:01:53 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=1236#comment-1908 [...] an excerpt from the complete blog post, “Thinking big: The Google Town Hall Meeting”: Over the past year, I have spoken to many different crowds about transportation reform across the [...] [...] an excerpt from the complete blog post, “Thinking big: The Google Town Hall Meeting”: Over the past year, I have spoken to many different crowds about transportation reform across the [...]

]]> By: Steve Davis http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/#comment-1833 Steve Davis Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:35:26 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=1236#comment-1833 Christopher, do check out the saga that some of us here in DC went through with WMATA. Might give you some ideas for how to press on your local transit agency to start providing the data. Read through the posts on Google from Greater Greater Washington: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/blogposts.cgi?filter=tag&label=Google Christopher, do check out the saga that some of us here in DC went through with WMATA. Might give you some ideas for how to press on your local transit agency to start providing the data. Read through the posts on Google from Greater Greater Washington:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/blogposts.cgi?filter=tag&label=Google

]]> By: Christopher M. Johnston http://t4america.org/blog/2009/04/23/thinking-big-the-google-town-hall-meeting/#comment-1830 Christopher M. Johnston Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:21:39 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=1236#comment-1830 I've been trying to get my local transportation officials to give that data to Google for months. I wish there was a way to just get it if they won't cooperate. I’ve been trying to get my local transportation officials to give that data to Google for months. I wish there was a way to just get it if they won’t cooperate.

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