Submitted by Mykel (not verified) on Sat, 08/18/2007 - 10:02
While my knee jerk reaction is normally to accuse light rail critics of being Republicans, I can appreciate that even liberals in my old hometown of Fresburg may be addicted to your automotive lifestyle. You literally can't see the forest for the trees because of the smog you people generate, causing you to question the wisdom of building light rail by claiming, among other things, that there isn't enough density to support it.
Memo to the Neocons and Neocons in liberal clothing: the reason there isn't any density is because your selfish, lazy, oil war-causing lifestyle has warped your city beyond all recognition, draining it of any density and fostering a climate of distrust and frustration with mass transit because you spend 90% of your transit dollars on freeway and road construction and maintenance!
NINETY PERCENT!
That means that the 50% of citizens who can't or won't drive---the poor, the working poor, the elderly, the young, the disabled, racial minorities, single moms and college students---have to make due with just 10% of the available transit dollars left over.
This, my fine fellow Fresnerds, is a racket, perpetrated by Neocon-owned oil and weapons companies who profit from war in oil-rich Arab nations and Neocon landowners in far-flung parts of town who sit on transit boards plotting to get taxpayers to build freeways directly to their land, where ever-newer, low-density housing subdivisions can be built, while older parts of town crumble.
Stop putting the cart before the horse.
You'll get density when you build light rail.
Not the other way around.
If you're liberal, meanwhile, and don't want Arab blood on your hands or smog in your children's lungs, then you better start demanding more equitable spending when it comes to transit projects.
50% of public money spent on public transit and tax incentives for high-density residential and commercial development near public transit hubs is a good start. Getting rid of your car and moving closer to your work or schools---or better yet--- moving to downtown and joining the revitalization efforts there is an even better one.
But you're not going to get anywere criticizing mass transit or listening to those who do.
light rail in fresno
While my knee jerk reaction is normally to accuse light rail critics of being Republicans, I can appreciate that even liberals in my old hometown of Fresburg may be addicted to your automotive lifestyle. You literally can't see the forest for the trees because of the smog you people generate, causing you to question the wisdom of building light rail by claiming, among other things, that there isn't enough density to support it.
Memo to the Neocons and Neocons in liberal clothing: the reason there isn't any density is because your selfish, lazy, oil war-causing lifestyle has warped your city beyond all recognition, draining it of any density and fostering a climate of distrust and frustration with mass transit because you spend 90% of your transit dollars on freeway and road construction and maintenance!
NINETY PERCENT!
That means that the 50% of citizens who can't or won't drive---the poor, the working poor, the elderly, the young, the disabled, racial minorities, single moms and college students---have to make due with just 10% of the available transit dollars left over.
This, my fine fellow Fresnerds, is a racket, perpetrated by Neocon-owned oil and weapons companies who profit from war in oil-rich Arab nations and Neocon landowners in far-flung parts of town who sit on transit boards plotting to get taxpayers to build freeways directly to their land, where ever-newer, low-density housing subdivisions can be built, while older parts of town crumble.
Stop putting the cart before the horse.
You'll get density when you build light rail.
Not the other way around.
If you're liberal, meanwhile, and don't want Arab blood on your hands or smog in your children's lungs, then you better start demanding more equitable spending when it comes to transit projects.
50% of public money spent on public transit and tax incentives for high-density residential and commercial development near public transit hubs is a good start. Getting rid of your car and moving closer to your work or schools---or better yet--- moving to downtown and joining the revitalization efforts there is an even better one.
But you're not going to get anywere criticizing mass transit or listening to those who do.
Good luck, Fresburg!
Mykel
San Francisco