[Vision2020] Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO

[Donovan Arnold]

Niles writes:
  
  
"I doubt we'll find the political will to 
take the scale of actions Donovan suggests."

Niles, if we lack the will to do what it takes to save the Earth,
then the Earth is surly doomed. 

Dan Carscallen writes:

"Hey, you gotta start somewhere."

What's the point of building a catapult to go 1/4 the way
across a canyon we must cross, you are better off staying where you are. We will
not save the Earth if this generation does not do something drastic
and soon. 


The only reason buses have real ridership is because of economic
necessity of the riders. 

Nobody WANTS to ride a bus. They smell, they are crowded, unsafe, unclean,
inconvenient, slow, and uncomfortable. People do it mostly because it is their best
option, not because they are trying to save the Earth.

If you really want to raise bus ridership raise gas prices, make them clean,
safer, more convenient, and much more comfortable. Add cushy seats that have
online access, more buses, more locations, and give them their own lane.

For Moscow, a trolley on the old railroad tracks would work nicely.  

Best,

_DJA



  

Nils Peterson <nils_peterson at wsu.edu> wrote:  Thanks Dan for sharing information on Valley Transit ridership. I understand
that they have a new route for commuters from Lewiston to Moscow. Perhaps we
need periodic reminders of the data that these systems are growing.

And thanks for pointing out that we can, and need, to start small -- because
without that personal action, I doubt we'll find the political will to take
the scale of actions Donovan suggests.


On 8/24/06 8:13 AM, "areaman> wrote:
Donovan says:
"You guys are thinking so small, so tiny. It doesn't help save the earth
even a day to do these tiny things."

Hey, you gotta start somewhere.

An aside to Joe:  Believe you me, my good buddy Tom LaPointe is getting
the word out there as far as Moscow Valley Transit is concerned.  Would
he like more people to ride the bus?  Heck yes, but I'm here to tell you
that I've seen charts and graphs and whatnot presented by Tom that shows
nothing but increasing ridership for Moscow Valley Transit.  While I'm
not a guy who would normally ride the bus -- various reasons, including
a short bicycle or motorcycle commute to work -- I'm all in favor of
having that option for people.

DC

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