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Mike Vandeman (mjvande@pacbell.net) wrote:
: On Wed, 19 May 1999 08:08:06 -0500, Dan Connelly
: <ra6846@email.sps.mot.com> wrote:
: 
: .Orval Fairbairn wrote:
: .>
: .> People are trying to escape cities by moving to the suburbs. They know
: .> that city life is unhealthy. Don't try to force them back.
: .
: .Suburben life is unhealthy to the Earth, and thus unhealthy to us all.
: 
: Only suburban life? Wasn't EVERY area once wildlife habitat? Isn't
: EVERY area home to species specially adapted for life there, and thus
: dependent on that area? Be more specific.
:
I live in a suburban area, I work downtown a large city, and I don't use
a car. I prefer the train. Now we must work on railing some highways, and
building more walking, cycling, and small local railways, to help us
getting to the "main" railways that go downtown.  

We should focus on bicycle trailers, tricycles and other human vehicles
to transport normal personal goods,, and
use horses to carry heavy loads to/from the railways (to replace trucks).

The Canadian transport minister suggested to build a third car bridge
between the South-Shore and Montreal island. I think we should erase
this possibility, since I find there are already too many motor vehicles
around Montreal. I agree with Guy Chevrette (Quebec
transport Minister) who suggests we build more commuter trains instead, to
enter Montreal. That's already a good start, but anyone in any
province or state should work to improve our public and human
transport modes, while gradually reducing and putting at a disadvantage 
the use of motor gas vehicles.
America is still far behind Europe and Asia in this area.

Wildlife is great. It's the nature that includes ourselves; it's our environ-
ment. So mistreating it is mistreating ourself. If we walk more, or cycle
more, we perform more physical exercise and we become more healty. Another
reason to get off the car bench, stand up, and get going!


Louis-Luc
: .Dan
: Are you the same one I knew in New York?
: ===
: I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
: humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 
: years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
: 
: http://www.imaja.com/change/environment/mvarticles/
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