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Article #7843Re: Reclaiming our Cities and Towns
From: jbodnarc
Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 06:12
Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 06:12
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I have a simple sollution. What we have to do is start off by designing any new neighborhoods for people, not for cars. If you live in the suburbs, you may recognize the fact that the most obvious feature of any house is the garage. What I say is to do this. First, lay out all streets in a grid fashion. Second, build all houses and buildings within a few feet of the roadside. Third, build shorter blocks and straight streets. Fourth, build alleyways behind the houses for cars to park. Then, you design a public transit system that is efficient. Meaning to say that the buses are bigger and more comfortable. You could even buy a new Hydrogen Fuel Cell based bus from Ballard Power systems (located in Vancouver--their buses are going to be tested in California next year). When these things are done, all that is left is to implement community programs that get the people involved in the community. These type of design will allow people to access everything on foot, or by bus, as opposed to driving everywhere. Seaside Florida is the perfect example. Jason BodnarczukAT&F2 ATH0 AT&F2 ATH0
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,aac380b55fd77990,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-09 02:19:13 PST Date: Sat, 07 May 94 01:12:03 EST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!guardian.up.edu!sequent!uunet!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!milliken-mills.markham.on.ca!jbodnarc From: jbodnarc@milliken-mills.markham.on.ca Newsgroups: ca.environment Message-ID: <8995MOPHAUQJLXQBDI@milliken-mills.markham.on.ca> Subject: Re: Reclaiming our Cities and Towns Lines: 22