Sunday, August 12, 2012

Faith-based Transportation Policy

Washington Post, George F. Will, A Golden State train wreck, August 8, 2012.
  • In faith-based transportation policy, rail worshipers think people will park their cars in Tampa and then rent cars in Orlando.
  • California Governor Brown’s reverence for his rail bauble is fanaticism.

How will people in Honolulu

  • go to their second job ...
  • manage their school and job ...
  • take kids to school ...
  • go surfing ...
  • go eating ...
  • go to their doctor, hospital, blood test lab, dialysis location ...
  • do their groceries and run other errands ...
  • have a diverse and fulfilling life ...

... without the independent transportation on roads with cars and buses that serve all neighborhoods?

Railigion is the affliction or belief that most "other people" will be able to use the rail regularly to make the trips that take them to the activities above. This is faith, affliction or outright stupidity. Whatever you call it, professional and responsible transportation planning is not.