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In article <+0XK58MBA30M092yn@america.net>,
  judge@america.net (Dirk A. Loedding) wrote:
> In article <392725B4.D80253E1@elsinore.lupo.com>,
> "G. M. Lupo" <hamlet@elsinore.lupo.com> wrote:
> >I blame people who live close to work who still drive their cars.
The
> >whole point of moving closer to where you work is to avoid the
traffic,
> >not just sit in it for a shorter amount of time.
>
> I live about 7.5 miles from work.  Takes me 15 minutes to get there,
> and about 20 to get home.  I'd not mind riding a bike, at least in
the
> spring and fall, and maybe more regularly if there were shower
> facilities at work.
>
> But unless/until they put in bike paths or sidewalks covering the
> whole distance, there is No Way In Hell that I'm going to even think
> about leaving my subdivision while riding a bicyle.  The roads are
too
> narrow and the drivers too nasty to risk it.  Heck, even in my
> subdivision, which is one of those evil cul-de-sac subdivisions (with
> maybe 75 homes, tops) and thus isn't a short-cut anywhere, people
> regularly speed through at 50 mph.

Poor design of roads to handle the traffic.....Too many people working
the standard 8-5 shift......MARTA is way too inconvenient and
inpracticable for many because of DESIGN.....

Comes down to poor design.......


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