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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

whatthehey

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10. Which still leaves me with insufficient range to go anywhere past the next block from any station

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #9)

Tue May 10, 2016, 02:01 PM

May 2016

Assuming, which I've rarely seen, all the trains are at street level without stairs. Whereas a car with close by disabled spaces grants me the freedom to fully engage in society and contribute about the same in federal income taxes as I would take from taxpayers if I were forced onto disability assistance by this ableist pedestrian-only pipedream.

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The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life [View all] KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

I, mostly, drive EV whatthehey Apr 2016 #1

It won't happen overnight, but Transit Oriented Development offers hope for the future. CentralCoaster May 2016 #2

You missed the part where I can't walk to the end of the street? whatthehey May 2016 #3

A common problem in the discussion about transit: CentralCoaster May 2016 #4

But these evangelical kill car pipedreams never suggest we have both whatthehey May 2016 #5

San Jose light rail trains have level boarding KamaAina May 2016 #7

How do you get to these trains from your house and from them to your destination? whatthehey May 2016 #8

On the sidewalks, of course KamaAina May 2016 #9

Which still leaves me with insufficient range to go anywhere past the next block from any station whatthehey May 2016 #10

Great article... CentralCoaster May 2016 #6