Comments on: TIGER Grants Offer Critical Support to Communities with Innovative Transportation Projects http://t4america.org/pressers/2010/02/17/tiger-grants-offer-critical-support-to-communities-with-innovative-transportation-projects/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sunset Drive: Driving Out Sensible Citizen Input | Best Miami News http://t4america.org/pressers/2010/02/17/tiger-grants-offer-critical-support-to-communities-with-innovative-transportation-projects/#comment-4854 Sunset Drive: Driving Out Sensible Citizen Input | Best Miami News Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:00:17 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=5426#comment-4854 [...] Moreover, from USDOT down, transportation agencies are encouraging a greater ‘modal split’, or more bicycling, walking and transit use. This is particularly important along Sunset Drive, where local residents could easily walk to school, church, the store, etc. It is important because people who bicycle through this area do not have real parallel street alternatives. It is important because FDOT is funded through federal dollars, and federal dollars are not coming to Florida or our auto-centric projects. [...] [...] Moreover, from USDOT down, transportation agencies are encouraging a greater ‘modal split’, or more bicycling, walking and transit use. This is particularly important along Sunset Drive, where local residents could easily walk to school, church, the store, etc. It is important because people who bicycle through this area do not have real parallel street alternatives. It is important because FDOT is funded through federal dollars, and federal dollars are not coming to Florida or our auto-centric projects. [...]

]]> By: Sunset Drive: Driving Out Sensible Citizen Input | Transit Miami http://t4america.org/pressers/2010/02/17/tiger-grants-offer-critical-support-to-communities-with-innovative-transportation-projects/#comment-4850 Sunset Drive: Driving Out Sensible Citizen Input | Transit Miami Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:28:09 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=5426#comment-4850 [...] Moreover, from USDOT down, transportation agencies are encouraging a greater ‘modal split’, or more bicycling, walking and transit use. This is particularly important along Sunset Drive, where local residents could easily walk to school, church, the store, etc. It is important because people who bicycle through this area do not have real parallel street alternatives. It is important because FDOT is funded through federal dollars, and federal dollars are not coming to Florida or our auto-centric projects. [...] [...] Moreover, from USDOT down, transportation agencies are encouraging a greater ‘modal split’, or more bicycling, walking and transit use. This is particularly important along Sunset Drive, where local residents could easily walk to school, church, the store, etc. It is important because people who bicycle through this area do not have real parallel street alternatives. It is important because FDOT is funded through federal dollars, and federal dollars are not coming to Florida or our auto-centric projects. [...]

]]> By: Doug Lass http://t4america.org/pressers/2010/02/17/tiger-grants-offer-critical-support-to-communities-with-innovative-transportation-projects/#comment-4686 Doug Lass Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:07:21 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=5426#comment-4686 I live in a town of about 5,000 people and there is a regional bus system that covers the area. They use small bus's that hold 20 to 30 people and are handicapped accessable, usually try to take people to 2 nearby larger towns for doctor appointments and/or shopping and other destinations, but also take people to other destinations as well. I think that this type of transportation would be a valuable resource for other areas of the country. I live in a town of about 5,000 people and there is a regional bus system that covers the area. They use small bus’s that hold 20 to 30 people and are handicapped accessable, usually try to take people to 2 nearby larger towns for doctor appointments and/or shopping and other destinations, but also take people to other destinations as well. I think that this type of transportation would be a valuable resource for other areas of the country.

]]> By: Lavern M Wilson http://t4america.org/pressers/2010/02/17/tiger-grants-offer-critical-support-to-communities-with-innovative-transportation-projects/#comment-4648 Lavern M Wilson Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:15:32 +0000 http://t4america.org/?p=5426#comment-4648 Local officials & state officials need to know and understand the importance of it's demographics of their communities where they can identify the companies/employees/freight lines/transit users to simply guide these targets to assist where we need to create those central locations that are more likely to convince it's population to consider new alternative modes of travel and how they accept that vision is key! Mixed use developments are great, we can create those even with existing communities, just need to circle in who is part of the big picture. We can move mountains, it's just how we say it! Lavern M. Wilson Napa County California Local officials & state officials need to know and understand the importance of it’s demographics of their communities where they can identify the companies/employees/freight lines/transit users to simply guide these targets to assist where we need to create those central locations that are more likely to convince it’s population to consider new alternative modes of travel and how they accept that vision is key! Mixed use developments are great, we can create those even with existing communities, just need to circle in who is part of the big picture.

We can move mountains, it’s just how we say it!

Lavern M. Wilson
Napa County California

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