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To: Elroy who wrote (226544)	3/27/2005 1:24:16 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1576364

If gas were to go up in prices dramatically, the current layout of American cities would change very quickly. Ted, who posted this and Elroy, the problem is that if gasoline prices rise that steep in the US, public transportation cost would would rise at the same rate as private transportation. So where is the solution? In Japan and Europe a huge part of the gasoline cost is tax. Thus so far it was possible to indirectly subsidize public transport by transferring tax intake from taxing gasoline prices to beef up the bottom line of public transportation. With gas cost sky rocketing this option will be wiped out. Back to the bikes and horses... Taro

To: Elroy who wrote (226544)	3/27/2005 1:17:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576364

If gas were to go up in prices dramatically, the current layout of American cities would change very quickly. Huh? How is it possible to change the layout of a city quickly? Do you mean the government would show up in the middle of the night, bulldoze a few blocks and then rebuild roads and houses the next day? "Very quickly" in matters of cities means years instead of decades, and not overnite as you suggest. For an example, since its opening in the late 90s, densities along the new subway in LA have changed significantly. In the last decade, more and more American cities building mass transit have seen densities increase around stations. Its how NYC got so dense. However, this model threatened many urban planners in the 1960s and so instead, they turned to the City Beautiful movement.....low densities, huge plazas, major freeways, etc. It turned out to be pretty much a failure.........just like the war in Iraq. ;~) ted