[Sosfbay-discuss] going car free

[alexcathy at aol.com]

 Dear Green Friends, 
 
 Rob Means wrote: 
 "We could get a bigger bang for our buck by giving

out thousands of electric bikes and scooters"I have to say: That is a really radical idea. And I do mean "radical" in the best sense of the word: gets to the "root" of the problem. 
 
 
  -----Original Message-----
 From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com
 To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
 Sent: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 9:25 AM
 Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] going car free
 
  After 6 years of pointing out the benefits of Personal Rapid Transit

(PRT) to the VTA Board and staff, I'm very cynical about them doing

anything outside their box.  They use 19th century technology (LRT) to

solve 21st century transportation problems created by the automobile

because the federal government doles out money for it.  

That may make some financial sense, but when you throw in the operating

costs, low ridership and near zero impact on car congestion, it looks

like a boondoggle.  We could get a bigger bang for our buck by giving

out thousands of electric bikes and scooters.



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