Wow, I could have watched 2 more hours of that. This is the type of program that all of the skeptics and naysayers and those who may be uneducated in the urban way of life should watch. However, sadly most will never see this. I really wish they would show programs like this on primetime tv and major stations. I mean, come on, how many people really watch PBS. Something like this needs to be seen by the masses.
This isn't just an urban issue but a suburban one as well. If you've read enough of my posts, you may perceive me to be anti-suburban. Although I don't personally prefer the suburban way of life, I do realize that urban cannot work without suburban and vise versa.
This program makes just about every case for why investment in our transportation systems is worth the effort throughout not only our cities but our entire country. It's almost embarassing to think where we came from compared to where we are right now. We have gone from leaders to laggards. Our infrastructure is being left in the dust, literally, by other countries who actually get it. The Spaniards definately get it. What's worse, they've gotten it for the last couple of decades and are now so far ahead of the U.S. that our job of playing catch up has gotten that much harder. We are at a critical crossroads but I fear the dragging of our feet combined with the lack of education, political squabling, red tape, poor economic conditions and overall lack of will has and will continue to leave our infrastructure in a state of disinvestment and "stone age" state of being.
@joshlapp: I applaud you, as well as everyone else on CU who have posted something in support for the advancement of our transportation. Something more needs to be done. One more concerned citizen is better than one less. If any of you want to get together sometime and talk about this over a few beers, or coffee or whatever, then let me know. You're right, we talk about and write about it all the time. Now it's high time that we actually do something about it. It's time we get our voices heard.
We had something good going on with the Citizen Summit a few years back. An open public forum like that should be happening at least twice a year. Notice how the hype kind of died off soon after. That can't happen. We need to be relentless, on a weekly basis at the very least. The more these issues are on the minds of our leaders and citizens, the more it will begin to make more sense and become common thought.
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