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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
quote [ Elite projection is the belief, among relatively fortunate and influential people, that what those people find convenient or attractive is good for the society as a whole. Once you learn to recognize this simple mistake, you see it everywhere. It is perhaps the single most comprehensive barrier to prosperous, just, and liberating cities. ]
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norok said @ 8:50pm GMT on 20th December
This concept could be applied to a lot of things...
But to the topic at hand, public transit, the author may be projecting a bit himself. Mass transit in some cities (those that urbanized mainly in the 20th century) is just not efficient nor desired. Urban to suburban sprawl necessitates car ownership. You're just not going to get around that.
Add to that my own personal anecdotes of Atlanta's MARTA where once I saw a person get stabbed to death in front of me and on other occasions buses miss entire scheduled windows. I'll take my motorcycle to work if I want to endanger my life and at least then my time is mostly under my control.
You don't have to be that elite to own a car in most cities around the US. So I wouldn't say it's a minority of elites stopping mass transit. You need majority buy in and use and that's just not going to be there universally.
norok said @ 8:51pm GMT on 20th December
This concept could be applied to a lot of things...
But to the topic at hand, public transit, the author may be projecting a bit himself. Mass transit in some cities (those that urbanized mainly in the 20th century) is just not efficient nor desired. Urban to suburban sprawl necessitates car ownership. You're just not going to get around that.
Add to that my own personal anecdotes of Atlanta's MARTA where once I saw a person get stabbed to death in front of me and on other occasions buses miss entire scheduled windows. I'll take my motorcycle to work if I want to endanger my life and at least then my time is mostly under my control.
You don't have to be that elite to own a car in most cities around the US. So I wouldn't say it's a minority of elites stopping mass transit. You need majority buy in and that's just not going to be there universally.
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norok said @ 8:50pm GMT on 20th December
This concept could be applied to a lot of things...
But to the topic at hand, public transit, the author may be projecting a bit himself. Mass transit in some cities (those that urbanized mainly in the 20th century) is just not efficient nor desired. Urban to suburban sprawl necessitates car ownership. You're just not going to get around that.
Add to that my own personal anecdotes of Atlanta's MARTA where once I saw a person get stabbed to death in front of me and on other occasions buses miss entire scheduled windows. I'll take my motorcycle to work if I want to endanger my life and at least then my time is mostly under my control.
You don't have to be that elite to own a car in most cities around the US. So I wouldn't say it's a minority of elites stopping mass transit. You need majority buy in and that's just not going to be there universally.
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