Independent Transportation Network: The next best thing to driving

From: Generations | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The difference between the private automobile and public transportation is like the difference between our own backyard and a public park. We care about both, but in different ways. The private automobile is our personal space. Purchased for our own needs and maintained with our own hands, it belongs to us alone. The public park, however grand and beautiful, is maintained by others and belongs to everyone together.

Just as we need private and public landscapes, so we need private and public transportation systems. Beyond apparent decreases in mobility and independence, the end of driving, for ...

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