It is axiomatic that transportation (mass transit and interfacing modes)is inextricable from thinking about urban design. No choice but folly. The debate is about which kind, where, and what cost. Overall, the clear choice for efficiency and convenience isn't wider roads, but more dense, more self-contained communities. The automobile is the least efficient means of transit ever devised by man, but it seems convenient so long as the average taste and dominant trend runs to low-density suburbia. I think you spelled it out pretty well, Klaus.
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Gary Collins AIA
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Gary R. Collins, AIA
Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2016 18:09
From: Kenneth Martin
Subject: The True Tragedy of Tragedy
RE: THE INSEPARABLE TWINS LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION , by Nicholas H. Philipsen, FAIA...
We do seem to be constantly tethered to a need to align our thoughts in regard to true value, especially when trolling the stream of publication on subject types drenched in dichotomous value, i.g. land use vs. transportation. The real tragedy in this larger than life book, is that we have to even think about what is valuable. That process alone puts the breaks on real solutions before they are conceived.
Isn't this title just a mere criteria blending of the solution at hand?
Respectfully,
Kenneth E. Martin AIA
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Kenneth E. Martin, AIA
Principal Proprietor
KeMA
Thornton CO
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