[ale] unusual global warming experiment

[Lightner, Jeff]

The problem with "reducing traffic" for those who can't telecommute is
that it usually means "mass transit" which almost never gets you from
start to finish.   When I lived in Houston and was dirt poor my job was
6 miles from home.  To get there via bus I'd have had to walk a mile,
wait for a bus, go at the snail's pace the bus goes due to multiple
stops, get off the bus and walk 1/2 mile to my job.   This says nothing
about all the crazies you have to be exposed to at the stops and on the
bus.

I opted to just walk the 6 miles each way.   It saved me both time and
money and was better for my health (physical and mental).  

The "less traffic" solution is what Environmental nuts keep trying to
force by opposing any road expansion.   They think that it will force
people to give up the comfort of their cars to avoid the commute time.
Instead they've caused an increase in pollution by forcing everyone to
sit idling in their cars for an hour or more rather than drive them for
20 minutes.


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:08 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] unusual global warming experiment

JK wrote:
> On 2/11/2010 5:26 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>> and wonder where the hell we are headed with this.  When will people
>> finally say enough is enough and give up on the 2 hour one way
commute?
> 
> 
> For me, it was 1997. That's when I started teleworking 50%; also the
> year my daughter was born.  In 2000 I quit commuting altogether. It
> is... um there's a word for this.... oh yeah:

I'm with you.  I've been telecommuting full time since around the same 
time.  Self employed now, but the majority of my work is still from this

desk in my basement office.

> 
> Bliss.
> 
> 
>> Certainly, if we could reduce the traffic impact, it would help with
the
>> overall problem?
> 
> 
> Yes.  My professional field is traffic management, and I'm constantly
> haunted by the thought that I've spent 17 years solving the wrong
> problem.  We need LESS TRAFFIC, not more-traffic-managed-"better".

Amen brother.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
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