Comment 29523

By The Red Pill (anonymous) | Posted March 12, 2009 at 15:14:10

This totally reminded me of Gil Penalosa, the freewheeling planner from Colombia who now runs Walk and Bike for Life. He says the way cities make planning decision is, "Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim, aim......" Penalosa says it's better to do something quickly that makes an improvement even if it isn't perfect and to adjust as necessary, rather then waiting until you have an exact blueprint to follow. I'd add that sometimes civic leaders deliberately wait to have an exact blueprint as a stalling tactic because deep down, they really don't want to change things at all and waiting for more consultant studies yadda yadda yadda gives them the excuse they need for perpetual inaction.....

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