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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-21-22, 12:26 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Either you failed to read or follow the thread......

Either you failed to read or follow the thread... the dense housing areas should also be close to mixed commercial/retail shopping... which often is not the case... such shopping tends to be in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-21-22, 08:03 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Exactly. Maybe we need to change a few things....

Exactly. Maybe we need to change a few things. How'd you like a real "Autobahn" here? How about real baguettes. Maybe some local markets beyond a 7-11 near some nicely designed housing? Maybe some...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-21-22, 07:45 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Yeah... in Europe.

Yeah... in Europe.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-19-22, 06:20 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

The housing "keeping away from shopping schools...

The housing "keeping away from shopping schools etc," is due to zoning. Look into the zoning laws in your area... see if they allow mixed residential/commercial etc. Many areas do not... and that...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-19-22, 03:54 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

The key is what you mentioned: "just come out...

The key is what you mentioned: "just come out with a scheme... " That is the heart of the matter... Only just now (and maybe for the last 10-15 years) has there been any real recognition of the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-19-22, 02:06 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

I agree with you... but your statements are...

I agree with you... but your statements are forward looking.

What we have right now is the result of national changes that occurred from about the 1920s until the 1950s, with the automobile...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-19-22, 07:53 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Right. I wonder why. Or why don't businesses...

Right. I wonder why. Or why don't businesses build on that same "available land?" Oh right... Zoning.

Mixed use may NOW be trending. But it wasn't before when most everything you see today WAS...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-18-22, 04:36 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

The way we in America tend to have "zones" for...

The way we in America tend to have "zones" for commercial and residential areas makes that "European mix" impossible to do. Older cities such as Boston or NYC might have that, but newer housing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-18-22, 02:17 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Must be that "wacky stuff" you were smoking. ...

Must be that "wacky stuff" you were smoking. Not on my watch.

But bottom line, it did show that indeed the automobile is the "root of all evil" when it comes to things like air pollution,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-18-22, 09:59 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Yeah it got quiet everywhere, you could walk in...

Yeah it got quiet everywhere, you could walk in the middle of the street. Families had young children riding on the local roads, the air was clean and the sky was blue. Heck of a nice "thought...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-08-22, 05:13 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

Everything you mentioned was part of my daily...

Everything you mentioned was part of my daily commute... along with cars parked on my right, along parts of the route. I took the right most lane. Cars had to move to the left lane to pass me. ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-08-22, 08:51 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 13,765
Posted By genec

You know, funny thing about this picture... if...

You know, funny thing about this picture... if the traffic was so heavy... why isn't there another car behind the one on the left, at the light?

So if it were a bus in the lane ahead of you,...
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