Transit Strike Day 2: Fuggeddaboutit
Uberblogger Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit doesn't get it. He quotes "reader Robert Burnham":
Transit strike paralyzes city? It's just another reason not to live at such high densities.
Go burbs!
Go sprawl!
I walked across a large swath of Midtown today, and I didn't find a city paralyzed. People were out on the streets, cabs were available and stores had customers. Cutting through Bloomingdales, I found this paragon of urban retail at about 70% of crush capacity, which isn't terrific, but isn't awful either. Life goes on. Fuggeddaboutit.
Mr. Burnham and Mr. Reynolds seem to be under the impression that the suburbs are immune to transportation problems. Have those two ever been out in Northern Virginia during a two-inch snowfall? Had there been a Nor'easter, it would have been harder for commerce to continue than it has been with this transit strike. Traffic in low-to-medium density suburbs and exurbs are constantly problematic. I've done the car thing and I've done the train thing, and I've found that the occasional delay or the once-per-quarter-century transit strike is worth it to avoid the once-weekly pileup that would keep me stuck in the car, fuming, as the dinner hour came and went.
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rj3 | 02:36 PM |
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