Comments on: Advice for Policymakers: Time to Check Your Blind Spots http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/advice-for-policymakers-time-to-check-your-blind-spots/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: guy http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/advice-for-policymakers-time-to-check-your-blind-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-87671 guy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:18 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=41801#comment-87671 observer, you've got your cause and effect mixed up and your argument just proves ryans point. observer,
you’ve got your cause and effect mixed up and your argument just proves ryans point.

]]> By: Observer http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/advice-for-policymakers-time-to-check-your-blind-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-87601 Observer Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:44:03 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=41801#comment-87601 The entirety of Washington DC would fit nicely into any one of the hundreds of township areas that make up my home region of Dallas/Ft Worth. Now consider the ecological and economic impact of making this region as mass transit friendly as DC. The result would be something out of a science fiction dystopia, completely unsupportable economically and a drain on the entire state. How much more in federal taxes are you willing to spend to make my region similar to DC and the East corridor Amtrak model? The automobile at least decentralizes costs to the individual citizen. Few people would spend as much on mass transit as they are willing to lavish on their car. The entirety of Washington DC would fit nicely into any one of the hundreds of township areas that make up my home region of Dallas/Ft Worth.

Now consider the ecological and economic impact of making this region as mass transit friendly as DC. The result would be something out of a science fiction dystopia, completely unsupportable economically and a drain on the entire state.

How much more in federal taxes are you willing to spend to make my region similar to DC and the East corridor Amtrak model?

The automobile at least decentralizes costs to the individual citizen. Few people would spend as much on mass transit as they are willing to lavish on their car.

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