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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:49 PM Original message |
I sense a credibility gap amongst ourselves. Self-indulgent / semi-coherent rant alert |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, boy. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm in a sometimes you just got to say "What the fuck" mood |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Care to share? I brought frosty beverage... nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thx..... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. No frosty beverage for the person who started this thread? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think you're right... and it's about more than cars. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think it's more lack of thinking than selfishness |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't drive - I'm on public transportation |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I suggest that we have a discussion about these issues |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. In the interest of exploring novel ideas, |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have bad knees. Cycling is NOT an option. It hurts. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. PARKING SUCKS. And, why not equip public transit with goodies like |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I really do live far from stores, 6.5 miles to nearest supermarket |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. The only way it works is if you make it |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think a PR campaign similar to the war on cigarettes would be helpful |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Yeah, that'll work |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Stocks in the public square |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't it easier to text, chat on the phone, apply makeup, eat breakfast. |
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elaineb (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. K and wholeheartedly R |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. Buses only run twice a day-wrong time-to the bigger city from where we live-biking is too dangerous |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Curving two way roads just add to the fun |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. No, we're talking a busy road where trucks are traveling on back & forth. Construction & Log Trucks. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 07:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. People act as if America's bad transit systems were ordained by God |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Great post |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. I always look at this in a per region way. If the people that can get to the store |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think that |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. As I pointed out in my OP there's nothing wrong with the existing infrastructure where I live |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. A wide scale effort has to include |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. But there won't be any support for infrastructure changes unless we change our mentality about cars |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Promote them by doing it. You can't force people, that's how we ended up here |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yep, I'm with you. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well, first of all you are painting with a broad brush...actually |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I also live in a very rural area, and commute everyday. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Although I live quite a ways from my office |
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