tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063766479214949964.post6582689842306132759..comments2009-12-22T12:17:28.233-08:00Comments on Always Behind the Beat: Crazy Quilt Futurepilypashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729879114238460617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063766479214949964.post-53975877734459000762008-08-08T08:19:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:19:00.000-07:00I think that it's mostly about the instantaneous a...I think that it's mostly about the instantaneous availability of your personal car. Get in and turn the key and you are on your way. The convenience trumps reality. When I was in Seattle it was clear alternatives worked because parking was impossible, or impossibly expensive. In Boulder or Morgantown there is still the illusion of door to door personal transportation so alternatives are likely to be a long time taking root.pilypashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729879114238460617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063766479214949964.post-3790705807319319522008-08-02T10:36:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:36:00.000-07:00I'm grateful to live somewhere where I can walk to...I'm grateful to live somewhere where I can walk to work, the bank, restaurants, and a decent movie theatre, and where I can take the PRT (the university's "personal rapid transit" system) to my doctors. Even so, though, you're right: to get to any grocery store, or any drugstore, Target, or anything else requires a car. <BR/><BR/>It's crazy that in a town with such huge traffic problems there are so few public-transportation options. And as you said, I don't foresee that changing anytime soon, since people seem more invested in the privacy of their own vehicles (even if it means it takes them 40 minutes to get across town) than in sharing a ride with someone else. What's that about, do you think?Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.com