Comment 15757

By Frank (registered) | Posted December 17, 2007 at 08:50:56

Thanks for the instruction on road design g. I've only been trained to do it for about 5 years so I need all the help I can get. I don't need to answer your rather limited view on road design because someone else has already pointed out the problems. I will say that an average vehicle doesn't way 3000 pounds. Mine ways about 1200. As far as the range goes, that range was the range given by someone else so I used it so the person would know what I was referring to.

I love the thought of an improved public transit system I have one big problem with the way things are now. I have to travel 2 or 3 times weekly from near Eastgate to the west Mountain on Garth. This trip takes me about 15-20 minutes by car, by bus...somehting like an hour. I don't care how much it costs, I won't take a bus to do it. If I could get downtown in less time via lets say an LRT system, it'd be a better possibility.

I don't think we're actually attacking a situation that's solvable by any ONE solution. Society in general dictates that we have to get certain things done by a certain time and there's usually not enough time to get them all done anyway. That's North America for you...greed on the part of few makes it necessary for the rest of us to work like lemmings the rest of our lives. I'd much rather live in a city in South America or Europe where I can die a death of something other than pollution or stress. The attitude of society needs to change. There's a possibility that changing the things we're talking about is going to end up useless if our attitudes themselves aren't addressed...kinda like changing the facade of a building without actually modifying the base structure.

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