[SusDet Announce] [Fwd: how *not* to put on an anti-car fundraiser...]

[m c]

Here in San Francisco we also have an odd issue like the one you mentioned.
Proposal H looks like a simple "more parking spaces" initiative since on the
surface everybody wants more parking - until you realize more parking = more
congestion, traffic, lines, low quality of downtown life, etc.

The parking measure was created by Republican developer interests and the
CEO of Gap clothing and is filled with hidden clauses that allow unlimited
SUV access and would actually reduce neighborhood street parking by
mandating that all new construction have a private parking space for each
unit built!

The irony with all this is that many supposedly "pro transit" people WANT
this bill because they shortsightedly think "who DOESNT want more parking?"
and do not take anything else into consideration.

We are fighting this measure vehemently. www.transitnottraffic.com

Your story is an interesting reminder than any of us who put on events need
to take into consideration closeness to public transit and make special
mentions of the routes on our websites.

Mike


On 9/24/07, Ursa Minor <ursa at provide.net> wrote:
>
> From a friend of mine in Baltimore.
>
> Judith
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> So, there is a Maryland group called One Less Car, that claims to
> advocate for public transit users and bicyclists. They appear to focus a
> lot on bicyclists.
>
> Got an e-mail from them, about their annual Tour Du Port, which has a
> walking option, along with 20 mile and 40 mile bicycle options. It
> sounded interesting, so I clicked around the website.
>
> The directions portion only contained driving directions, with the
> comment that there was plenty of free parking!
>
> No bus instructions. Indeed, the buses don't run to the starting point
> (they stop a few blocks away).
>
> So, I e-mailed them, telling them that, if I was reading my dog-eared
> MTA map correctly, the 13 goes the closest to the starting point, and
> the 10 is within walking distance.
>
> Said that I'd been considering taking the bus down to do the walking
> option, but that it sounded like they were a lot more focused on
> bicycles than on pedestrians and transit users. I wished them a pleasant
> ride.
>
> You should see the snark I edited out. Repeatedly.
>
> There is something both hilarious and enraging about an event dedicated
> to raising money to get cars off the road that has obviously been
> completely planned around people driving cars to get there. Or SUVs,
> perhaps.
>
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