[Vision2020] Inconvenient Truth -- What WE gonna do

[Nils Peterson]

Some of this conversation has gone to the state or Federal level.

While they play a role, I¹d like to bring the conversation down to the WE in
Moscow. (And I got challenged in another note as to why I don¹t walk to the
COOP, which I¹ll address, because somehow the conversation needs to get back
from the abstraction of some governmental action like a gas tax imposed on
Œthem.¹ Each of us needs to own this problem.)

Take Ted¹s comments below relative to politicians. What actions would you
encourage our Council members to be exploring? For which actions could they
earn your vote? Which would you vote against?


On 8/24/06 12:19 PM, "Ted Moffett" <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Large cities that do have a lot of use of alternative transportation come to
> this in part because using a private vehicle became difficult with traffic
> jams and lack of parking.  Take away the parking lots, and create traffic
> jams, that might force change, but then wait till the next election, and those
> politicians who decided to block expansive parking lots to encourage biking or
> the bus might be out of work.
>  
> It seems the planning for Moscow's transportation future, from the Federal
> level down (and some federal dollars do in the large picture impact Moscow's
> traffic), is making car and truck use the highest priority, not attempting to
> encourage people to use other means by limiting the infrastructure that
> supports an increase in vehicular traffic, though the Chipman and Latah Trails
> are a fantastic development that no doubt is making a small impact on reducing
> fossil fuel use. 


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